Ki Seitzei 21:22 · unit 1

TT #88 · Parashas Ki Seitzei · Second aliya · Passuk 21:22

The Complete Passuk

וְכִֽי־יִהְיֶ֣ה בְאִ֗ישׁ חֵ֛טְא מִשְׁפַּט־מָ֖וֶת וְהוּמָ֑ת וְתָלִ֥יתָ אֹת֖וֹ עַל־עֵֽץ׃

And if a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree,

Torah Temimah points to Sanhedrin 45b.

Core Text

חֵטְא מִשְׁפַּט מָוֶת – מִיתָה שֶׁיֵּשׁ בָּהּ מִשְׁפָּט, יָצָא הָרוֹרֵג נֶפֶשׁ בְּלֹא עֵדִים.

English: “A sin of a judgment of death” — a death that has a judicial process; this excludes one who kills without witnesses.

On the daf / in context: The hanging procedure applies only after a full judicial conviction. Extrajudicial killing is outside this law.

Mi’ut from “mishpat mavet.”

The hanging of the body applies only after a formal court-imposed death sentence.