Ki Seitzei 21:11 · unit 6

TT #8 · Parashas Ki Seitzei · First aliya · Passuk 21:11

The Complete Passuk

וְרָאִ֙יתָ֙ בַּשִּׁבְיָ֔ה אֵ֖שֶׁת יְפַת־תֹּ֑אַר וְחָשַׁקְתָּ֣ בָ֔הּ וְלָקַחְתָּ֥ לְךָ֖ לְאִשָּֽׁה׃

And you see among the captives a woman of beautiful form, and you desire her, and you would take her for yourself as a wife.

Chabad.org — 21:11

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Kiddushin 21b–22a.

Sefaria — Kiddushin 21b

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
וְלָקַחְתָּ – מְלַמֵּד שֶׁלְּקוּחִין יֵשׁ לְךָ בָּהּ.

English: “And you shall take” — this teaches that kiddushin (marriage acquisition) takes effect with her.

On the daf / in context: The verb “ve-lakachta” is the classic language of kiddushin. The Gemara therefore learns that the relationship is a genuine marriage: the offspring follow the father’s status, unlike the ordinary case of a non-Jewish woman who bears a child to a Jewish man.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Bavli) — the verb of taking establishes full kiddushin.

What Is Learned

Once the captive woman is taken under the Torah’s procedure, full Jewish kiddushin takes effect and the children follow the father’s lineage.