Letters of Strife and the Mechanism of Love - Parsha Pinchas - By Rabbi YY Jacobson

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I Love You Because You are Beautiful, vs. You are Beautiful Because I Love You For Source Sheets: http://www.theyeshiva.net/jewish/118 A debate between the Karaites and traditional Jews focused on the anomaly of the Rabbis calling the document of divorce a “get,” neglecting the biblical term for the writ of divorce (“sefer krisus”). This class presents an explanation why it is specifically the portion discussing the daily lamb sacrifices that conveys the essence of an enduring relationship. From a spiritual and psychological perspective, these two types of offerings represent two types of sacrifice: Self-motivated sacrifice vs. complete sacrifice; conditional sacrifice vs. unconditional sacrifice. It is this type of relationship that eliminates the possibility of divorce. Hence, it is from this offering that the Torah omits the two letters representing divorce.