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When is a woman who has relations with a non-Jew forbidden to her husband? The shiur analyzes Rabbeinu Tam's position that bia with an akum is like bia with an animal and examines the fundamental dispute about whether the issur comes from violating an aveira or from creating tumah.
This shiur examines a complex sugya in Kesubos 3b dealing with the status of a woman who has relations with a non-Jew. Rabbi Zweig begins by analyzing a famous shaila in the Binyan Tzion about a woman who was deluded into thinking she could live with another man while married, and the Marik's ruling that she remains forbidden to her husband based on the Gemara (גמרא)'s discussion of Esther. The primary focus is on understanding Tosfos's question 'ViLidrosh lo hada eines shari' - how can the Gemara suggest telling women they are permitted when the din should be yeharag v'yaavor? Rabbeinu Tam's answer is that bia with an akum (non-Jew) is not considered true bia because it's like bia with a behema (animal) - there's no chiyuv misa and no yeharag v'yaavor.
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Kesubos 3b
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