Shoftim 20:05 · unit 4
TT #287 · Parashas Shoftim · Seventh Aliyah · Passuk 20:05
The Complete Passuk
וְדִבְּר֣וּ הַשֹּֽׁטְרִ֗ים אֶל־הָעָם֮ לֵאמֹר֒ מִֽי־הָאִ֞ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֨ר בָּנָ֤ה בַֽיִת־חָדָשׁ֙ וְלֹ֣א חֲנָכ֔וֹ יֵלֵ֖ךְ וְיָשֹׁ֣ב לְבֵית֑וֹ פֶּן־יָמוּת֙ בַּמִּלְחָמָ֔ה וְאִ֥ישׁ אַחֵ֖ר יַחְנְכֶֽנּוּ׃
And the officers shall speak to the people, saying: Who is the man who has built a new house and has not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man dedicate it.
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Source Citation
Torah Temimah points to Sotah 43b .
TT lemma: בַיִת חָדָשׁ .
Sefaria — Sotah 43b
Core Text of Chazal
Core Text
בַיִת חָדָשׁ – פְּרָט לְלָקוּחַ.
English: ‘A new house’ – excluding a purchased house.
On the daf / in context: Only a house one has built oneself qualifies in the primary reading.
Type of Learning Derash limiting the category (Bavli) — the language of ‘built’ is taken strictly by some.
What Is Learned The primary exemption is for a house one has newly built, not merely purchased.
Source pointed to by Torah Temimah. Only Chazal’s words and what they derived are presented. Ashkenazi transliteration.