רבנן סברי והשקה
קמא לגופו שמשקה ואח"כ מקריב
את מנחתה
The Sages
expound
the first
verse which says
"he will make her drink"
to teaches that the Sotah
drinks the bitter waters before
the Mincha
offered,
ואחר ישקה מיבעי ליה
לשרישומו ניכר
"And afterwards he will make her drink"
teaches that the Sotah
may not drink the bitter waters while the writing's
imprint is
still
visible
on the scroll.
והשקה
בתרא שאם נמחקה מגילה ואומרת איני שותה
מערערין אותה
ומשקה אותה בעל כרחה
And the last "he will make her drink"
teaches that, once the scroll is erased, the court
forces a recalcitrant Sotah
to drink.
Opinion
"He will make her drink"
"And after that he will make her drink"
"He will make her drink"
The Sages
The Sotah
drinks the bitter waters before the Mincha
offered.
The Sotah
may not drink the bitter waters while the writing's imprint is still visible.
The court forces a recalcitrant Sotah
to drink.
ור"ש סבר ואחר ישקה
לגופו שמקריב את מנחתה
ואח"כ משקה
And Rabbi Shimon
expounds the verse
"and afterwards he will make her drink" to teach that the Mincha
is offered before the Sotah
drinks,
והשקה
קמא שאם
השקה ואח"כ הקריב את מנחתה כשרה
The first
verse saying
"he will make her drink"
teaches that the Sotah
procedure does not have to be redone if the Sotah
drank before the Mincha
was offered,
והשקה
בתרא שאם נמחקה מגילה ואמרה איני שותה
מערערין אותה
ומשקין אותה בעל כרחה
The latter "he will make her drink"
teaches that, once the scroll is erased, the court
forces a recalcitrant Sotah
to drink.
Opinion
"He will make her drink"
"And after that he will make her drink"
"He will make her drink"
The Sages
The Sotah
drinks the bitter waters before the Mincha
offered.
The Sotah
may not drink the bitter waters while the writing's imprint is still visible.
The court forces a recalcitrant Sotah
to drink.
Rabbi Shimon
The Sotah
procedure does not have to be redone if the Sotah
drank before the Mincha
was offered.
The Mincha
is offered before the Sotah
drinks.
The court forces a recalcitrant Sotah
to drink.
ורבנן
בדיעבד לא פתח קרא
The Sages,
however, do not believe that the
verse would
not begin with
teach
the Halacha
of what to do
after the fact.
According to Rabbi Shimon, the very first verse teaches what to do if the Kohen
messed up and made the Sotah
drink before offering her Mincha.
The Sages find that untenable.