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Does a sotah require eidim (witnesses) to create the prohibition, or merely to prove it? The shiur analyzes the fundamental dispute between Rashi (רש"י) and Tosafos (תוספות) on whether witnesses serve a kiyum function (creating the halachic reality) or birur function (clarifying what happened). The different approaches lead to divergent readings of the entire Gemara (גמרא).
This shiur presents a detailed analysis of Kesubos 9a, focusing on the complex sugya regarding the requirements for a sotah (suspected adulteress) to become prohibited to her husband. The central question revolves around whether a woman becomes asur (forbidden) to her husband solely through kinuy u'stirah (warning and seclusion) or whether eidim (witnesses) are also required. Rabbi Zweig begins by examining the Gemara (גמרא)'s kashya (question): "Ein ishah neseres l'ba'alah ela al yedei kinuy u'stirah" - a woman only becomes prohibited to her husband through warning and seclusion. This seems to contradict cases where witnesses see adultery directly, such as pesach (פסח) pasuach (an open doorway case), where no formal kinuy u'stirah process occurred.
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Kesubos 9a
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