Reeh 13:9 · unit 1

TT #133 · Parashas Reeh · Third Aliyah · Passuk 13:9

The Complete Passuk

לֹא־תֹאבֶ֣ה ל֔וֹ וְלֹ֥א תִשְׁמַ֖ע אֵלָ֑יו וְלֹא־תָח֧וֹס עֵינְךָ֣ עָלָ֗יו וְלֹֽא־תַחְמֹ֥ל וְלֹֽא־תְכַסֶּ֖ה עָלָֽיו׃

You shall not consent to him and you shall not hearken to him; your eye shall not pity him, and you shall not spare and you shall not conceal him.

Torah Temimah points to Sanhedrin.

Core Text

לֹא תֹאבֶה לוֹ וְלֹא תִשְׁמַע אֵלָיו – הָא אִם אָבָה וְשָׁמַע חַיָּב.

English: “You shall not consent to him and you shall not hearken to him” — this implies that if one did consent and hearken, he is liable.

On the daf / in context: Even verbal acceptance of the mesis’s proposal, without yet performing the act of worship, already incurs liability.

Derash on the verse (Sanhedrin) — liability begins with acceptance of the mesis’s words.

One who consents to and hearkens to the mesis is already liable, even before actual worship.