Ki Seitzei 24:01 · unit 7

TT #438 · 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
אִם לֹא תִמְצָא חֵן בְּעֵינָיו – הֶעְדֵּר חֵן.

English: “If she finds no favor in his eyes” — the absence of favor.

On the daf / in context: The subjective element of the husband’s loss of favor is part of the verse’s language.

Type of Learning

Subjective component.

What Is Learned

Divorce is linked to the wife’s no longer finding favor in the husband’s eyes.