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How could Dovid HaMelech live with Bas Sheva when she was married to Uriah? The Gemara (גמרא) offers two approaches: either Dovid acted under duress (oines), or soldiers received conditional gittin before battle that took effect retroactively. The analysis explores the mechanics of conditional divorce and when a woman becomes forbidden to her husband versus other men.
This shiur analyzes Gemara (גמרא) Kesubos 9b's resolution of the apparent problem with Dovid HaMelech's relationship with Bas Sheva while she was married to Uriah HaChiti. The Gemara presents two primary approaches to resolve this difficulty. The first teretz suggests that Dovid acted under oines (duress). However, this raises serious questions about the nature of this duress. Rashi (רש"י)'s interpretation that Dovid threatened Bas Sheva with death as king creates moral difficulties - would such royal coercion even be legitimate? The shiur explores an alternative understanding that Dovid, through ruach hakodesh, knew this was his proper zivug and convinced Bas Sheva of this divine sanction, similar to stories in Sefer Chassidim where people are misled about religious obligations.
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Kesubos 9b
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