Divorcing an immoral wife

מָצָא בָהּ עֶרְוַת דָּבָר

 D'varim 24.1- דברים

1.’ When a man takes a wife and marries her, and if it shall be that she does not find favor in his eyes because he has found in her some immoral thing, and he wrote her a bill of divorce and gives it in her hand and sends her out from his house-כִּי יִקַּח אִישׁ אִשָּׁה וּבְעָלָהּ וְהָיָה אִם לֹא תִמְצָא חֵן בְּעֵינָיו כִּי מָצָא בָהּ עֶרְוַת דָּבָר וְכָתַב לָהּ סֵפֶר כְּרִיתֻת וְנָתַן בְּיָדָהּ וְשִׁלְּחָהּ מִבֵּיתו (5930=17=8).

The verse can be divided so:

·         When a man takes a wife and marries her, and if it shall be that she does not find favor in his eyes, because he has found in her some immoral thing-כִּי יִקַּח אִישׁ אִשָּׁה וּבְעָלָהּ וְהָיָה אִם לֹא תִמְצָא חֵן בְּעֵינָיו כִּי מָצָא בָהּ עֶרְוַת דָּבָר (2763=18);

·         And he wrote her a bill of divorce and gives it in her hand, and sends her out from his house-וְכָתַב לָהּ סֵפֶר כְּרִיתֻת וְנָתַן בְּיָדָהּ וְשִׁלְּחָהּ מִבֵּיתו (3167 =17 =8).

Rashi comments here that a man is obliged to divorce his wife if he finds that she has acted immorally. This divorce will then prevent her finding favor in his eyes later and make him change his mind (Gittin 90.b).

In this 1 verse there are 8 verbs with a joint gematria of 18:

1.       He shall take-                    יִקַּח=118

2.       And he shall marry-        ובְעָלָהּ=113

3.       And it shall be-                 והָיָה =26

4.       She finds-                        תִמְצָא=531

5.       He has found-                   מָצָא=131

6.       And he wrote-                   וכָתַב=428

7.       And he gave-                      נָתַן=500

8.       And he sent her-            ושִׁלְּחָהּ=349

2196=18

Immoral thing

עֶרְוַת דָּבָר

882=18