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Why does the Midrash promise that giving properly to a kohen will result in your daughters marrying kohanim? The shiur develops a psychological insight that people fundamentally seek respect in shidduchim. When you treat the kohen with genuine respect rather than as a beggar, you earn respect from kohanim who will then want to marry into your family.
The shiur examines a Midrash that promises if you give matnas kehuna (priestly gifts) properly to a kohen, your daughters will merit marrying kohanim and your descendants will eat holy foods. This seems contradictory - you give away the teruma but eventually get it back through family connections. Rabbi Zweig questions why the Torah (תורה) needs to promise this return, as it appears to undermine the generosity of the giving. The key insight emerges from analyzing what people truly seek in shidduchim. Rather than focusing on money or character traits, Rabbi Zweig argues that parents fundamentally seek respect and respectability through their children's marriages. This explains phenomena like preferring "mainstream" families over baalei teshuvah, or seeking sons-in-law learning in prestigious yeshivos for social status.
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