Questions tagged [ki-teitzei]
The weekly Torah portion of Ki Teitzei (Deuteronomy 21:10–25:19)
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Maase Miriam on the way of leaving Egypt?
The Torah in this week's Parsha tells us on Deut.24:9 to remember what Hashem did to Miriam on the way of getting out of Egypt.
I looked at the most commentaries from the Rishonim and could not find ...
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Jewish woman that engages in relations adulterous?
In Chumash Devarim parshat Ki tetzei 22:13 it states that if a man takes a wife and is intimate with her and then despises her and then makes libelous charges against her that she was not a virgin ...
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Are men with dead or divorced wives before the first year still exempt
According to Deuteronomy 24:5 a man is exempt from public service for a year when he marries a wife. What does Halacha say in the case a man marries a woman and divorced her or she dies before that ...
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Is working different species non agriculturally allowed
The Torah in Deuteronomy 22:10 prohibits plowing two different species together. My question is, is it permissible to have two different species work something that isn’t for the purpose of plowing to ...
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Is taking an Eshet Yefat To'ar allowed today?
The Torah provides that a Jewish soldier may, by following a specific process, take a woman captive as his wife and convert her to Judaism as an אשת יפת תואר (Devarim 21:10-14).
Is this provision ...
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First-born in a case of two wives
In the beginning of parshas כי תצא (Devarim 21:15-17), the Torah commands that in a case of one man having two wives who both bear him sons - that the first-born, even if it is from the wife he loves ...
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Who wrote the "Malbim" on the end of Devarim?
At the end of the Malbim's commentary to Devarim 22:21, there is a note which says:
{מכאן עד סדר נצבים לא מצאנו באמתחת כתבי יד הגאון המחבר ז״ל וחבל על דאבדין. אמנם אנחנו קבצנו ובארנו על פי דרכו אשר ...
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Does the meaning change among variants of Deut. 23:2?
As noted elsewhere on the site, there is a spelling variation in the fourth word of the following verse:
לֹֽא־יָבֹ֧א פְצֽוּעַ־דַּכָּ֛א*(ברוב ספרי אשכנז דַּכָּ֛ה) וּכְר֥וּת שׇׁפְכָ֖ה בִּקְהַ֥ל ...
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Why are "Remember and don't forget Amalek" two separate commandments?
Why did the Rambam list these as two distinct commandments:
P189- Remember what Amalek did to the Israelites. [Deut. 25:17]
N59- Don't forget what Amalek did to the Israelites. [Deut. 25:19]
Aren't ...
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How can the Mishnah derive that lashes exempt kares, from a pasuk speaking only about one liable for lashes?
The Mishnah in Makkot 23a says
"All those liable to receive karet who were flogged in court were exempted from their karet
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Status of children born from a yefat toar who was converted to judaism after the 30 day period
In parshat Ki Teietze it talks about the yefat torah.
If after the 30 days if he still wants to marry her, she is converted to judaism, then he can marry her.
Question: Is this conversion a regular ...
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Dog that was exchanged for a lamb [duplicate]
לֹֽא־תָבִיא֩ אֶתְנַ֨ן זוֹנָ֜ה וּמְחִ֣יר כֶּ֗לֶב בֵּ֛ית ה
אֱלֹ-הֶ֖-יךָ
(Devarim 23:19)
Why a dog that was exchanged for a lamb is not allowed to be brought as an offering? Why are dogs singled out ...
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How can a rapist in the field be executed, if there were no witnesses?
The pasuk in Devarim 22:25 says
But if a man finds the betrothed girl in the field, and the man overpowers her and lies with her, then only the man who lay with her shall die.
Now, the man can ...
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What is the Na’arah claiming in a case where her husband truthfully accuses her of immorality?
Devarim 22:13-21 discuss a case in which a husband accuses his newlywed 12-12.5-year-old wife as having cheated on him in the period between Kiddushin and Nisuin, making her a married woman at the ...
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What does the Gemara mean that anything given to the heart, it says by it “and you will fear your G-d”?
Kiddushin 32b:
יכול יעצים עיניו כמי שלא ראהו ת"ל תקום ויראת דבר המסור ללב נאמר בו (ויקרא יט, יד) ויראת מאלהיך
I might have thought he can close his eyes like one who did not see [the elder]; ...
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Can a mamzer, Ammonite, or Moabite enter the temple after ten generations?
Does Deuteronomy 23:3-4 mean these people can never enter the temple or must count 10 generations forward before they can enter the temple. The scripture is a bit ambiguous.
לֹא־יָבֹ֥א מַמְזֵ֖ר ...
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How do we know that one must give up his life for any immoral relationship?
Sanhedrin 74a teaches that one must give up his life rather than be intimate with a forbidden relationship. It derives this from Devarim 22:26, in the context of a man who raped a young woman:
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Are there any kometz katans in the maftir for parashas zachor
Are there any kometz katans in the maftir for parashas zachor? Anyone who knows or has a tikkun that indicates kometz katans, if you could tell me where the kamatz katans in that maftir are, if there ...
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How do Chazal know that the descendants of a Mamzer may never marry into the general populace?
The passuk says (Devarim 23:3-4):
לֹא־יָבֹ֥א מַמְזֵ֖ר בִּקְהַ֣ל יְהוָ֑ה גַּ֚ם דּ֣וֹר עֲשִׂירִ֔י לֹא־יָ֥בֹא ל֖וֹ בִּקְהַ֥ל יְהוָֽה׃
A Mamzer may not come into the congregation of Hashem; even ...
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Why are future generations still paying for the sin of the Golden Calf?
Parshas Ki Tisa recounts the episode of the golden calf, and the immediate punishment that was meted out for the sin. In addition to this, Rashi on Shemos 32:34 (quoting Sanhedrin 102a ) writes:
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How could the law of marrying the rape victim ever be implemented?
I ask this in good faith as I am religious.
How is it possible for this situation to come about? If you claim the rapist must receive a punishment via the fines, then we know that at least two ...
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Pretty woman - is it a test or a Mitzvah
The sources talk a lot about the procedure of "אשת יפת תואר" (like Rambam Melachim 8,2 and on).
So for the soldiers, is the Pretty Woman allowed but "bad" (like "Patur but Ossur", see Rashi's ...
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Why is a Moaviyah acceptable to marry?
The pasuk (Dev 23:4) says that a Moavi and Amoni cannot marry into the Jewish people. The stated reasons are that they did not provide bread and water (as mentioned in Dev 23) and "he" hired Bil'am.
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Wayward son only attributed to father?
The posuk Devarim (21:18) says
כִּי־יִהְיֶה לְאִישׁ בֵּן סוֹרֵר וּמוֹרֶה אֵינֶנּוּ שֹׁמֵעַ
בְּקוֹל אָבִיו וּבְקוֹל אִמּוֹ וְיסְּרוּ אֹתוֹ וְלֹא יִשְׁמַע
אֲלֵיהֶם׃
If a man has a wayward and defiant ...
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Rashi's reason for juxtaposition of mitzvos insufficient
The Torah (Deuteronomy 22:6-11) describes 5 mitzvos consecutively, seemingly in random order (although the last three are indeed connected):
Sending away the mother bird
Building a fence on your roof
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Did the Moabites give water and food to B'nai Yisra'el or not? Contradictory verses?
Devarim 23:4 - 5 says that we should not accept a Moabite into the nation of Israel because they did not give B'nai Yisra'el food and water as they left Egypt.
But, there is a seemingly contradictory ...
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How can the Rambam say that Kiddushin is a Mitzvah, against the Gemara?
The Rambam in Hilchos Ishus 1:1 makes the following statement:
כֵּיוָן שֶׁנִּתְּנָה תּוֹרָה נִצְטַוּוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁאִם יִרְצֶה הָאִישׁ לִשָּׂא אִשָּׁה יִקְנֶה אוֹתָהּ תְּחִלָּה בִּפְנֵי עֵדִים ...
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Why do you have to start over if the oleh makes the bracha at the wrong place?
Towards the end of Shoftim, there's a parsha that begins כי תצא למלחמה על אויביך, but it's not the correct beginning of Ki Teitzei. If the oleh makes the bracha having in mind the wrong כי תצא, he ...
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"If you go out to war against your enemies"; why are they called our enemies?
Ki Teze begins, "if you go out to war against your enemies" (Devarim 21:10). RaSh"I states:
כי תצא למלחמה: במלחמת הרשות הכתוב מדבר
If you go out to war: The verse refers to a non-...
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Sending away the mother bird, mitzvah at the onset?
The Mishnah in Chullin 141a says
הנוטל אם על הבנים ר' יהודה אומר לוקה ואינו משלח וחכמים אומרים לוקה משלח ואינו לוקה
Someone who takes the mother bird with the children, R' Yehudah says they're lashed ...
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How can we reconcile Devarim 24:16 with BaMidbar 16:27?
It is written at BaMidbar 16:27 וַיֵּעָלוּ, מֵעַל מִשְׁכַּן-קֹרַח דָּתָן וַאֲבִירָם--מִסָּבִיב; וְדָתָן וַאֲבִירָם יָצְאוּ נִצָּבִים, פֶּתַח אָהֳלֵיהֶם, וּנְשֵׁיהֶם וּבְנֵיהֶם, וְטַפָּם (here it ...
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Where are there discussions about Torah commands that nobody is known to have broken?
Where are there discussions about Torah commands that nobody is known to have broken? These discussions can come anywhere, from the Talmud to the Midrashim.
One example I heard is from Devarim 21:18-...
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Halacha that a woman may not speak to her husband in the presence of others
I found this in the Rashi on Ki Seitzei (Deuteronomy 22:16):
And the girl’s father
shall say [to the elders]: [The father, but not the mother.] This
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What is the significance of ובערת הרע מקרבך and ובערת הרע מישראל?
On seven occasions, Moshe tells the Bnei Yisrael to kill a sinner and “destroy the evil from your midst” - ובערת הרע מקרבך. These seven occasions are (all sources are in Devarim):
Executing a Navi ...
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"Fathers shall not be put to death because of sons, nor shall sons be put to death because of fathers" - Contradiction?
Devarim 24:16
Fathers shall not be put to death because of sons, nor shall sons be put to death because of fathers; each man shall be put to death for his own transgression.
Here is a passuk most ...
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How is yefas to'ar fair to the woman?
At the beginning of Ki Seitzei (Devarim 21:10-14), the Torah permits a soldier at war to take a woman from the captives as a wife, but only after he shaves her head, grows out her nails, removes her ...
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Why is a Chalutzah not normal ervah?
As discussed here, Reish Lakish is of the opinion (in Yevamos 10b) that one may not marry his sister-in-law with whom he did chalitzah. He derives it from the passuk of "lo yibaneh" - literally, he ...
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Does Judaism kill the infidels?
I apologize in advance if this comes across as provocative. That is not at all my intention; I ask simply to learn.
"Kill the infidels" is a phrase often used to describe Islam's stance on ...
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Kohen in a non-Kohen-specific prohibited marriage
If a Kohen marries someone forbidden to him as a Kohen, (1) she becomes a chalalah, (2) their children are chalalim, (3) if she dies he can't go to her funeral (Rashi Emor 21:4), and (4) she can't eat ...
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Explain the "mechanics" of Bilam's blessings
I am trying to understand the actual "mechanics" of Bilam's blessing B'nai Israel, in view of these verses:
Devarim (Deut.) 23:6 says that G-d "converted" Bilam's curses to a blessing. My ...
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Shaved or Trimmed
וַהֲבֵאתָהּ, אֶל-תּוֹךְ בֵּיתֶךָ; וְגִלְּחָה, אֶת-רֹאשָׁהּ, וְעָשְׂתָה, אֶת-צִפָּרְנֶיהָ.
In Deuteronmy 21:12, the JPS translates גלחה as “she shall trim her hair”. The entire verse translated in the JPS ...
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אשה יפת תואר- BiZman HaZeh?
In the beginning of Parshas Ki Seitzei we learn about the topic of אשה יפת תואר (Deutoronomy 21:10-15).
My question is: does this passage apply (in any way) to us nowadays ?
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Did Moses divorce Tziporah? [duplicate]
Exodus 18:2:
וַיִּקַּ֗ח יִתְרוֹ֙ חֹתֵ֣ן מֹשֶׁ֔ה אֶת־צִפֹּרָ֖ה אֵ֣שֶׁת מֹשֶׁ֑ה
אַחַ֖ר שִׁלּוּחֶֽיהָ׃
And Jethro, Moses’father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses’wife, after he
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Isn't the concept of mamzerut in violation of Ezekiel 18:19-20?
The mention of the mamzer (traditionally, "bastard") in Devarim 23:3 is traditionally understood as the severe social stigmatization of a child born of an illicit sexual union. Such individuals are ...
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Before taking eggs from the hens, does the farmer have to chase the hens away?
Devarim 22:6-7 mentions that if you find a mother bird sitting on eggs or chicks, you must chase away the mother before you can take the eggs or chicks.
Does this imply that the farmer who collects ...
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Why can't a yavam marry a chalutzah?
As recorded in Yevamos 10b and Yevamos 32a, a yavam (brother of a man who died married, but childless) cannot marry his sister-in-law (yevamah) after performing chalitzah (the ritual in which he ...
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Is an Eishet Yefat Toar beautiful physically or spiritually?
Devarim 21:10-14 explains the law of an Eishet Yefat Toar.
The standard commentaries there indicate that she is desirable because of physical beauty. This also seems to be what the pshat is.
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Until or even down to the Tenth Generation
In Deuteronomy 23:3, Moses says that a child of illegitimate birth cannot be accepted into the congregation of the Lord, even to the tenth generation. Safely speaking, does this mean that, even if ...
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What are "the tokens of virginity"?
In Deut 22:13-21, there is a mention of a spurned young wife's "tokens of her virginity", that her own father or mother can "take and bring out".
What were "the tokens of virginity" that parents of a ...
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How was Ya'akov allowed to favor Yosef over Re'uven?
In Devarim 21:16 - 17 it states that the father cannot favor the son of the beloved wife over the older son of a hated wife.
If we assume the notion that our forefathers performed all the mitzvot of ...
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