[Mesorah] Nekadesh

[Kenneth Miller]

R' David Cohen wrote:

> Presumably, "nekadesh" is binyan pi'el, whereas "nakdishach" is
> binyan hif'il.  Hif'il is often (though not always) a causative
> form.
> I never really thought about this before, but perhaps
> "nekadeish es shimcha" -- we can actively make Hashem's *name*
> holy, but "nakdishecha" -- we can only indirectly *cause*
> Hashem himself to be holy (by acknowledging Him as such), but
> in a less active way.
> ...
> Now I'm trying to think of how this understanding could explain
> why one is mekadesh a woman but makdish a korban.

and later he wrote:

> I was suggesting that mekadesh denotes more complete
> responsibility for the result than makdish does.

All of that fits together nicely, as I see it, if only you'd change "complete responsibility" to "direct responsibility".

In other words: When a man is mekadesh a woman, there is now a special relationship between the woman and himself. But when he is makdish a korban, the special relationship is between the korban and Gavoah.

... not that I have any idea what I'm talking about of course ... I'm just building on RDC's thoughts ...

Akiva Miller
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