Ki Seitzei 22:01 · unit 1

TT #103 · Parashas Ki Seitzei · Second Aliyah · Passuk 22:01

The Complete Passuk

לֹא־תִרְאֶה אֶת־שׁוֹר אָחִיךָ אוֹ אֶת־שֵׂיוֹ נִדָּחִים וְהִתְעַלַּמְתָּ מֵהֶם הָשֵׁב תְּשִׁיבֵם לְאָחִיךָ׃

You shall not see your brother’s ox or his sheep straying and hide yourself from them; you shall surely return them to your brother.

Chabad.org — 22:01

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Bava Metzia 30b / Sifrei.

Sefaria — Bava Metzia 30b

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
לֹא תִרְאֶה אֶת שׁוֹר אָחִיךָ … וְהִתְעַלַּמְתָּ – יָכוֹל יִתְעַלֵּם? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר לֹא תוּכַל לְהִתְעַלֵּם.

English: “You shall not see your brother’s ox … and hide yourself” — one might think he may hide himself? The Torah therefore states [elsewhere] “you shall not be able to hide yourself.”

On the daf / in context: The Sages derive that the obligation to return a lost animal is absolute; one may not ignore it.

Type of Learning

Derash establishing the absolute nature of the mitzvah of returning lost property.

What Is Learned

One is not permitted to ignore a lost animal belonging to another; the obligation to return it is binding.