Reeh 13:7 · unit 1

TT #127 · Parashas Reeh · Third Aliyah · Passuk 13:7

The Complete Passuk

כִּ֣י יְסִֽיתְךָ֡ אָחִ֣יךָ בֶן־אִ֠מֶּךָ אֽוֹ־בִנְךָ֨ אֽוֹ־בִתְּךָ֜ א֣וֹ ׀ אֵ֣שֶׁת חֵיקֶ֗ךָ א֧וֹ רֵֽעֲךָ֛ אֲשֶׁ֥ר כְּנַפְשְׁךָ֖ בַּסֵּ֣תֶר לֵאמֹ֑ר נֵֽלְכָ֗ה וְנַעַבְדָה֙ אֱלֹהִ֣ים אֲחֵרִ֔ים אֲשֶׁר֙ לֹ֣א יָדַ֔עְתָּ אַתָּ֖ה וַאֲבֹתֶֽיךָ׃

If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or your daughter or the wife of your bosom or your friend who is as your own soul, entices you in secret, saying, “Let us go and serve other gods” that you have not known, you or your fathers.

Chabad.org — 13:7

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sanhedrin / Sifrei.

Sefaria — Sanhedrin / Sifrei

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
כִּי יְסִיתְךָ – סְתָם הַסָּתָה בַּאֲכִילָה וּבִשְׁתִיָּה.

English: “If he entices you” — Ordinary enticement is through eating and drinking.

On the daf / in context: The typical setting in which the mesis operates is a shared meal or drink, which draws hearts closer and creates the opportunity for persuasion.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Sifrei / Sanhedrin) — identifying the ordinary means of enticement.

What Is Learned

The usual mode of the mesis’s enticement is through eating and drinking together.