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ve-davak be-ishto..."(Gen. 2:24)
"Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh." (Gen. 2:24)
עַל-כֵּן, יַעֲזָב-אִישׁ, אֶת-אָבִיו, וְאֶת-אִמּוֹ; וְדָבַק בְּאִשְׁתּוֹ, וְהָיוּ לְבָשָׂר אֶחָד.
Al ken ya'azov ish et aviv ve-et imo ve-davak be-ishto ve-hayu le-vasar echad
"Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave (tidbak), and swear by his name." (Deut. 10:20)
"The word the Ramban uses most often to describe a connection to God is "d'veikut," closeness, a cleaving unto God. The first use of this verb in the Torah is about the rejoining of man and woman after God created woman from Adam's side – "ve-davak be-ishto ve-hayu le-vasar echad." (Rav Ezra Bick http://vbm-torah.org/archive/ramban/06ramban.htm)
"The expression used in Parshas Bereishis to describe the closeness of a married couple, “ve’davak beishto” (2:24), appears again in the Torah describing the relationship expected of each Jew towards G-d, “u’vo tidbak” (Devorim 10:20). This very special level of relationship was established through the giving of the Torah at Har Sinai." (Rabbi Herschel Schachter http://www.learningtorah.org/DvarTorah/ViewDvarTorah.aspx?dtID=717)
" ‘Davak’ means to unite, but it is also the language
of ‘glue’. It implies total attachment. To attach with a desire and intention
to create total permanence. ‘It did not go there before – but now you want to
put it together, and not just temporarily. You want to attach it forever. These
two pieces belong together.’
‘B’Ishto’ is really strange here, because the ‘B’ in
the beginning of the word means ‘in’. The word should have been ‘L’Ishto’ – ‘To
his wife’. You don’t glue something ‘within’ something – you glue onto
it! But the word B’Ishto tells us that this is no simple attachment. It is like
a weaving of two fabrics – one into the other, so that they
become one.
And finally, the words ‘V’Hayu L’Basar Echad’ – and
they will become as one flesh – one singular body. Now, I could understand if
the Torah said they will become as ‘one soul’, because the soul is an intangible,
non-material thing. So if you want to say two souls can become one, ok! Who’s
going to argue?" (http://www.thelockers.net/forum/showpost.php?p=7166&postcount=10)
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And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? |
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Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. |
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They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away? |
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He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so. |
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And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery. (Matt. 19:5-9)
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