Ki Seitzei 22:01 · unit 10

TT #112 · 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 33a / Sifrei.

Sefaria — Bava Metzia 33a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
לְאָחִיךָ – וְלֹא לְנָכְרִי.

English: “To your brother” — and not to a non-Jew.

On the daf / in context: A further limiting derivation from the word “achikha,” reinforcing that the Torah-level obligation is directed toward a fellow Jew.

Type of Learning

Limiting derash (mi’ut) on “achikha.”

What Is Learned

The biblical commandment of returning lost property is specifically framed as an obligation toward one’s fellow Jew.