Ki Seitzei 21:18 · unit 1

TT #65 · Parashas Ki Seitzei · First aliya · Passuk 21:18

The Complete Passuk

כִּֽי־יִהְיֶ֣ה לְאִ֗ישׁ בֵּ֚ן סוֹרֵ֣ר וּמוֹרֶ֔ה אֵינֶ֣נּוּ שֹׁמֵ֔עַ בְּק֥וֹל אָבִ֖יו וּבְק֣וֹל אִמּ֑וֹ וְיִסְּר֣וּ אֹת֔וֹ וְלֹ֥א יִשְׁמַ֖ע אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃

If a man has a wayward and rebellious son who does not listen to the voice of his father and the voice of his mother, and they discipline him but he does not listen to them,

Chabad.org — 21:18

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sanhedrin 107a.

Sefaria — Sanhedrin 107a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
כִּי יִהְיֶה וְגוֹ׳ – [וּסְמִיךְ לֵיהּ פָּרָשַׁת יְפַת תּוֹאַר, לוֹמַר לְךָ] שֶׁכָּל הַנּוֹשֵׂא יְפַת תּוֹאַר יִהְיֶה לוֹ בֵּן סוֹרֵר וּמוֹרֶה.

English: “If there will be \ldots” — and it is juxtaposed to the section of the beautiful captive, to tell you that whoever marries a beautiful captive will have a wayward and rebellious son.

On the daf / in context: The proximity of the two sections is read as a warning: the concession of the yefas toar ultimately produces a ben sorer u-moreh. This continues the theme that following the yetzer hara brings bitter consequences.

Type of Learning

Semichus (juxtaposition) of the two sections.

What Is Learned

One who takes a beautiful captive under the Torah’s concession is destined to have a wayward and rebellious son.