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1) ANNULMENT BY THE HUSBAND

(a) The Mishnah is a case when he said 'I am a Nazir - do you want to be a Nazir'?

1. Therefore, he can annul her Nezirus, and his Nezirus stands.

(b) (Mishnah): A woman accepted Nezirus, and drank wine or became Teme'ah - she receives 40 lashes;
(c) If her husband annulled her Nezirus, and she did not know this, and drank wine or became Teme'ah - she does not receive 40 lashes;

1. R. Yehudah says, if she does not receive 40 lashes, she receives lashes mid'Rabanan.

(a) (Gemara - Beraisa): "Her husband annulled her vows, and Hash-m will forgive her" - this speaks of a woman who (transgressed her vow) not knowing that her husband already annulled it, that she requires atonement and forgiveness.

1. R. Akiva would cry over this verse when he read it.
2. One who intended to eat pork, and happened to eat lamb, requires atonement and forgiveness - one who intended to eat pork, and ate pork, how much more he requires atonement and forgiveness!

(b) Similarly: "He did not know, sinned, and he will bear his sin".

1. One who intended to eat lamb, and happened to eat pork - for example, a piece of meat on which there is a doubt if it is Chelev or permitted fat - the verse says, he will bear his sin.
2. One who intended to eat pork, and happened to eat lamb, requires atonement and forgiveness - one who intended to eat pork, and ate pork, how much more he requires atonement and forgiveness!

(c) (Isi Ben Yehudah): "He did not know, sinned, and he will bear his sin".

1. One who intended to eat lamb, and happened to eat pork - for example, 2 pieces of meat, 1 is Chelev. The other is permitted fat - the verse says, he will bear his sin.
2. One who intended to eat pork, and happened to eat lamb, requires atonement and forgiveness - one who intended to eat pork, and ate pork, how much more he requires atonement and forgiveness!

i. On this will lament all lamenters.

(d) All 3 teachings are necessary.

1. If only the case of the woman was taught - one might have thought, only she requires atonement and forgiveness, because she intended to sin, but not the other cases.
2. If only the case of the piece of meat was taught - one might have thought, only this requires atonement and forgiveness, because the person truly sinned, but the woman did not sin.
3. If only these 2 cases were taught - one might have thought, only they get atonement and forgiveness, because there was no certain prohibition; but by 2 pieces, one of which is Chelev, the person would not get atonement and forgiveness.

i. We hear, this is not so - in all 3 cases, the person needs and receives atonement and forgiveness.

(e) Question (Rabah Bar Bar Chanah): "Hash-m's ways are straight; Tzadikim walk in them, the wicked stumble in them - what is an example of this?
(f) Answer #1 (Rabah Bar Bar Chanah): 2 men roasted their Paskal sacrifices. 1 ate it to fulfill the Mitzvah - this is a Tzadik walking in Hash-m's ways; the other stuffed himself with it - he is wicked, stumbling in Hash-m's ways.
(g) Objection (Reish Lakish): Why is he called wicked? Granted, this is not the best way to do the Mitzvah - but he fulfilled it!
(h) Answer #2 (Reish Lakish): Rather, an example is 2 men; each is in a house with his wife and his sister.

1. 1 had relations with his wife - this is a Tzadik walking in Hash-m's ways; the other had relations with his sister - he is wicked, stumbling in Hash-m's ways.

(i) Objection: The verse speaks of 2 men going in the same path - Reish Lakish speaks of 2 men on different paths!

1. Answer #3: Rather, an example is Lot and his 2 daughters. They intended for a Mitzvah - they are Tzidkaniyos walking in Hash-m's ways; Lot intended to sin - he is wicked, stumbling in Hash-m's ways.

(j) Question: Perhaps Lot also intended for a Mitzvah!
(k) Answer (R. Yochanan): An entire verse connects Lot to sexual immorality.

1. "Lot lifted (his eyes)" - just as Potifar's wife;
2. "His eyes" - just as Shimshon's first wife was pleasing in his eyes.
3. "He saw" - just as Shchem saw Dinah.
4. "The whole Kikar (plain) of the Yarden" - just as "For a harlot, a Kikar (loaf) of bread".
5. "It is all Mashkeh (fertile)" - just as "... Those that give ... and Shikuyai (my drinks)".

(l) Question: But Lot was drunk (and unaware of what happened)!
(m) Answer (R. Yosi Bar Rav Choni): The 'Vov' in "And when he rose (after sleeping with the older daughter)" is dotted, to show that he did not know when he went to lie with her, but he knew when he got up.
(n) Question: The incest already happened - why is Lot to blame?
(o) Answer: He should not have gotten drunk the next night.
(p) (Rava): "A brother cut himself off from a city of strength, and his quarrels (keep him out) as a bolt on a fortress" - "A brother cut himself off from a city of strength" - this is Lot, who separated from Avraham;

1. "And quarrels as a bolt on a fortress" - he instigated quarrels (that keep him out) as a bolted fortress;

i. "An Amoni or Moavi will not marry into the congregation of Hash-m".

(q) (Rava): "One that seeks lust will be isolated, and in all salvation he will be exposed" - "One that seeks lust will be isolated" - this is Lot;

1. "And in all salvation he will be exposed" - his disgrace is revealed in Shuls (when they read the above verse of the Torah) and Batei Medrash (when they learn the following Mishnah).
2. (Mishnah): The prohibition of an Amoni or Moavi is forever.

(a) (Ula): Tamar and Zimri both had extramarital relations. Kings and prophets descended from Tamar's act; many tens of thousands of Yisrael died as a result of Zimri's act.
(b) (Rav Nachman Bar Yitzchak): A sin done with pure intent (i.e. for Hash-m's sake) is better than a Mitzvah with impure intent.
(c) Objection: But Rav Yehudah taught, a person should always engage in Torah and Mitzvos, even with impure intent, for this will lead him to do them with pure intent!
(d) Correction: Rather, a sin done with pure intent is as good as a Mitzvah with impure intent.

1. We learn this from "Ya'el, the wife of Chever the Kini, will be blessed as women in the tent".
2. The women in the tent are Sarah, Rivkah, Rachel and Leah.

(e) (R. Yochanan): Sisera had relations with her 7 times - "Between her legs he bent, he fell, he lied...".
(f) Question: But Ya'el enjoyed the sin (why is she praised for it)?
(g) Answer: No, what the wicked do for Tzadikim is bad for Tzadikim - "Beware not to speak to Yakov good nor evil".

1. Question: We understand, he should not talk evil - but why not good?
2. Answer: The good of the wicked is bad for Tzadikim.

(h) (Rav Yehudah): A person should always engage in Torah and Mitzvos, even with impure intent, for this will lead him to do them with pure intent.

1. Balak offered 42 sacrifices (to try to curse Yisrael); as a result, he merited that Rus descended from him.

i. (R. Yosi Bar Chanina): Rus was the granddaughter of Eglon, king of Moav.

(i) (R. Chiya Bar Aba): Hash-m rewards even for a nice language.

1. Lot's older daughter shamelessly called her son Moav (from father) - the Torah said, "Do not besiege Moav, do not wage war against them".

i. War is forbidden, but we may afflict them.

2. Lot's younger daughter modestly called her son Ben Ami (the son of my nation) - the Torah said, "Do not besiege (Amon), do not instigate a quarrel with them".

i. We may not pain them at all.

(j) (R. Chiya Bar Avin): A person should always be quick to do a Mitzvah - as a reward for the 1 night that Lot's older daughter preceded the younger daughter, she merited that her descendents entered Yisrael 4 generations earlier.