Shoftim 20:06 · unit 1

TT #293 · Parashas Shoftim · Seventh Aliyah · Passuk 20:06

The Complete Passuk

וּמִֽי־הָאִ֞ישׁ אֲשֶׁר־נָטַ֥ע כֶּ֙רֶם֙ וְלֹ֣א חִלְּל֔וֹ יֵלֵ֖ךְ וְיָשֹׁ֣ב לְבֵית֑וֹ פֶּן־יָמוּת֙ בַּמִּלְחָמָ֔ה וְאִ֥ישׁ אַחֵ֖ר יְחַלְּלֶֽנּוּ׃

And who is the man who has planted a vineyard and has not redeemed it? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man redeem it.

Chabad / Judaica Press

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sotah 43a / Sifrei.

TT lemma: אֲשֶׁר נָטַע כֶּרֶם וְלֹא חִלְּלוֹ.

Sefaria — Sotah 43a / Sifrei

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
אֲשֶׁר נָטַע כֶּרֶם וְלֹא חִלְּלוֹ – יַחְזֹר.

English: ‘Who has planted a vineyard and has not redeemed it’ – he shall return.

On the daf / in context: The second exemption: a new vineyard not yet put to common use.

Type of Learning

Derash on the vineyard exemption (Bavli / Sifrei) — parallel to the house, a new planting frees a man from combat.

What Is Learned

A man who has planted a vineyard and has not yet redeemed (desacralized) its fruit is sent home from battle.