Shoftim 20:06 · unit 2

TT #294 · 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 43b.

TT lemma: וְלֹא חִלְּלוֹ.

Sefaria — Sotah 43b

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
וְלֹא חִלְּלוֹ – שֶׁלֹּא אָכַל מִמֶּנּוּ חֻלִּין.

English: ‘And has not redeemed it’ – that he has not yet eaten ordinary fruit from it.

On the daf / in context: Chillul is the act of making the fourth-year fruit available.

Type of Learning

Derash defining chillul (Bavli) — the exemption lasts until the owner has performed the redemption of the neta revai.

What Is Learned

Until the planter has redeemed the fourth-year fruit of the vineyard, he is exempt from war.