Ki Seitzei 24:01 · unit 28

TT #459 · Parashas Ki Seitzei · Fifth Aliyah · Passuk 24:01

The Complete Passuk

כִּֽי־יִקַּ֥ח אִ֛ישׁ אִשָּׁ֖ה וּבְעָלָ֑הּ וְהָיָ֞ה אִם־לֹ֧א תִמְצָא־חֵ֣ן בְּעֵינָ֗יו כִּי־מָ֤צָא בָהּ֙ עֶרְוַ֣ת דָּבָ֔ר וְכָ֨תַב לָ֜הּ סֵ֤פֶר כְּרִיתֻת֙ וְנָתַ֣ן בְּיָדָ֔הּ וְשִׁלְּחָ֖הּ מִבֵּיתֽוֹ׃

When a man takes a wife and marries her, then it shall be, if she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a bill of divorce and give it in her hand and send her out of his house.

Chabad.org — 24:01

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sifrei Devarim 270 / Gittin.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
לֹא תִמְצָא חֵן בְּעֵינָיו – הֶעְדֵּר רָצוֹן.

English: “She finds no favor in his eyes” — absence of desire to continue.

On the daf / in context: The subjective element of the husband’s will is part of the verse’s description.

Type of Learning

Subjective element.

What Is Learned

Divorce is described as following the husband’s loss of favor toward her.