<div dir="ltr">We have discussed many times the opinion of Rav Dessler that a person doesn't always have free will.<div><br></div><div>I recently saw a halachic discussion that may have some connection.</div><div>On ketubot 51 the gemara discusses a case of a married woman who was raped but at the end was willing (techila be-ones ve-sofa be-ratzon). Shmuel's father forbids her to her husband while Rava allows her.</div><div><br></div><div>One possibility of explaining Rava is that she is overwhelmed by her "yetzer" and so is still considered "anus"</div><div>This is explicit in the words of R Zadok (tzidkat zaddik 43) that her desire is so great that it is impossible to overcome it and so she is considered anus gamur and so there is no punishment.</div><div>Targum Yonatan (Devarim 22:26) holds that she is not punished by death but her husband must divorce her.</div><div><br></div><div>Maharshal (yevamot 6:3) paskens that she is permitted to her husband only if she is "karka olam"</div><div>However the Noda Beyehuda disagrees (tenina EH 150) and says she is always permitted to her husband because she is overwhelmed by her yetzer and so is not considered that she did it with her free will.<br><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000099">Eli Turkel</font></div></div>
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