Ki Seitzei 21:11 · unit 7

TT #9 · 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 22a.

Sefaria — Kiddushin 22a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
וְלָקַחְתָּ לְךָ – שֶׁלֹּא יִקַּח שְׁתַּיִם, אַחַת לוֹ וְאַחַת לְאָבִיו, אַחַת לוֹ וְאַחַת לִבְנוֹ.

English: “And you shall take for yourself” — he may not take two women, one for himself and one for his father, or one for himself and one for his son.

On the daf / in context: The extra word “lecha” restricts the permission to the soldier himself. The Gemara (and Rambam, Melachim 8:3) therefore forbids using the captive-woman procedure to acquire a wife for one’s father or son at the same time.

Type of Learning

Mi’ut from the word “lecha.”

What Is Learned

The captive-woman permission is personal: a soldier may take her only for himself, not simultaneously for his father or son.