Torah Tuesday: The Royal Wedding
ריש לקיש אמר אין אדם עובר עבירה אא"כ נכנס בו רוח שטות שנא' (במדבר ה, יב) איש איש כי תשטה אשתו תשטה כתיב
Reish Lakish says: A man commits a transgression only if a spirit of folly [shetut] enters him, as it is stated: “If any man’s wife goes aside [tisteh]” (Numbers 5:12). The word tisteh is written with the Hebrew letter shin, affording an alternative reading of tishteh, which is related to the term for folly, the word shetut.
(יב) דַּבֵּר֙ אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְאָמַרְתָּ֖ אֲלֵקֶ֑ם אִ֥ישׁ אִישׁ֙ כִּֽי־תִשְׂטֶ֣ה אִשְׁתּ֔וֹ וּמָעֲלָ֥ה ב֖וֹ מָֽעַל׃
(12) Speak to the Israelite people and say to them: If any man’s wife has gone astray and broken faith with him

(לו) (לו) אָמַר הֶחָבֵר: יִשְׂרָאֵל בָּאֻמּוֹת כַּלֵּב בָּאֲבָרִים, הוּא רַב חֳלָיִים מִכֻּלָּם וְרַב בְּרִיאוּת מִכֻּלָּם.

(36) 36. The Rabbi: Israel amidst the nations is like the heart amidst the organs of the body; it is at one and the same time the most sick and the most healthy of them.

שמואל אמר באו עשרה בני אדם וישבו לפניו אמר להן חזרו בתשובה אמרו לו עבד שמכרו רבו ואשה שגרשה בעלה כלום יש לזה על זה כלום אמר לו הקב"ה לנביא לך אמור להן (ישעיהו נ, א) איזה ספר כריתות אמכם אשר שלחתיה או מי מנושי אשר מכרתי אתכם לו הן בעונותיכם נמכרתם ובפשעכם שלחה אמכם
Shmuel says that this was the convincing answer: Ten people came and sat before the prophet Ezekiel. He said to them: Repent. They said to Ezekiel: In the case of a slave sold by his owner to another master, or a woman divorced by her husband, does this person have any claim upon that person? Since God gave the Jewish people to other masters, the ties that existed between Him and us were severed. The Holy One, Blessed be He, said to the prophet: Go say to them: “Where is your mother’s scroll of severance, with which I sent her away? Or to which of My creditors have I sold you? For your iniquities you sold yourselves and for your transgressions was your mother sent away” (Isaiah 50:1). Learn from this that God did not sever His ties to the Jewish people.
(כח) וְאִם־לֹ֤א נִטְמְאָה֙ הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה וּטְהֹרָ֖ה הִ֑וא וְנִקְּתָ֖ה וְנִזְרְעָ֥ה זָֽרַע׃

(28) But if the woman has not defiled herself and is pure, she shall be cleared and shall conceive seed.

(ח) אֲנִ֥י ה' ה֣וּא שְׁמִ֑י וּכְבוֹדִי֙ לְאַחֵ֣ר לֹֽא־אֶתֵּ֔ן וּתְהִלָּתִ֖י לַפְּסִילִֽים׃
(8) I am the LORD, that is My name; I will not yield My glory to another, Nor My renown to idols.

(כב) סוֹטָה שֶׁשָׁתָת וְהָיְתָה טְהוֹרָה הֲרֵי זוֹ מִתְחַזֶּקֶת וּפָנֶיהָ מַזְהִירוֹת. וְאִם הָיָה בָּהּ חלִי יָסוּר. וְתִתְעַבֵּר וְתֵלֵד זָכָר. וְאִם הָיָה דַּרְכָּהּ לֵילֵד בְּקֹשִׁי תֵּלֵד בִּמְהֵרָה. הָיָה דַּרְכָּהּ לֵילֵד נְקֵבוֹת תֵּלֵד זְכָרִים:

When a sotah who was innocent drinks [the bitter water], she becomes stronger and her face glows. If she was afflicted by sickness [that prevented her from conceiving], it will disappear; she will conceive and give birth to a male. If she previously had difficulty giving birth, she will give birth speedily. If she has borne girls, she will have sons as well.