Ki Seitzei 22:01 · unit 3

TT #105 · 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 27a.

Sefaria — Bava Metzia 27a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
שׁוֹר אָחִיךָ – פְּרָט לְשׁוֹר גּוֹי.

English: “Your brother’s ox” — excluding the ox of a non-Jew.

On the daf / in context: The word “achikha” (your brother) is used to limit the biblical obligation of returning lost property to a fellow Jew (while later rabbinic enactments expand the scope for the sake of peaceful relations).

Type of Learning

Limiting derash (mi’ut) on the word “achikha”.

What Is Learned

The Torah’s positive commandment of returning a lost animal applies specifically to the property of a fellow Jew.