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Why is ignorance in marriage and divorce laws worse than the flood generation's intentional sins? The shiur develops a principle from the Rambam (רמב"ם) that zilzul - dismissive attitude toward sacred law - is more severe than passionate transgression. Those who presume to handle gittin and kiddushin without proper knowledge attack the divine partnership inherent in marriage itself.
This shiur analyzes a Gemara (גמרא) stating that anyone who doesn't know the laws of gittin (divorce) and kiddushin (marriage) yet involves themselves in these matters is worse than the generation of the flood. The Maharsha raises two key questions: why does the Gemara mention gittin before kiddushin, and how can ignorant mistakes be worse than the intentional sins of the flood generation? The speaker addresses the second question using a Rambam (רמב"ם) from Hilchos Ir HaNidachas (wayward city), which teaches that communities can be destroyed not only for severe sins like idolatry, but even for lesser violations when done with an attitude of zilzul - dismissing the importance of the law. This principle, that attitude matters more than the severity of the act, explains why teshuvah can help in such cases - attitudes can change, but completed actions cannot be undone.
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Gittin and Kiddushin tractates discussion
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