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Why does the Yerushalmi compare eating matzah on Erev Pesach (פסח) to forbidden relations with one's betrothed? The shiur develops that Klal Yisroel 'marries' Chag HaMatzos through our power of Kiddush HaZman. Eating matzah prematurely is like consummating this marriage before the proper time arrives.
The shiur begins by examining a perplexing Yerushalmi quoted by Tosafos (תוספות) that eating matzah on Erev Pesach (פסח) is "like being with one's betrothed in her father-in-law's house" - a prohibition that carries malkos mardus. The speaker expresses decades-long confusion about this comparison, questioning how Klal Yisroel could be the masculine partner when we are described as the feminine kallah in our relationship with Hashem (ה׳). The analysis focuses on the Rambam (רמב"ם)'s precise formulation in Hilchos Chometz U'Matzah, which states that one who eats matzah on Erev Pesach receives malkos mardus - the same punishment given to one who lives with his arusah in her father's house. Other Rishonim like Rabbeinu Yerucham and the Kolbo add requirements for sheva brachos, but the speaker argues they misunderstood the Yerushalmi's precise language.
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Yerushalmi (quoted in Tosafos Pesachim), Rambam Hilchos Chometz U'Matzah 6:12
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