Ki Seitzei 22:01 · unit 9

TT #111 · 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 30a.

Sefaria — Bava Metzia 30a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
לֹא תִרְאֶה … וְהִתְעַלַּמְתָּ – מִכָּאן שֶׁאִם רָאָהוּ וְנִתְעַלֵּם מִמֶּנּוּ עוֹבֵר בְּלֹא תַעֲשֶׂה.

English: “You shall not see … and hide yourself” — from here [we learn] that if one saw it and then hid himself from it, he transgresses a negative commandment.

On the daf / in context: The verse is understood to create both a positive commandment (to return) and a negative commandment (not to ignore).

Type of Learning

Derash establishing a negative commandment alongside the positive one.

What Is Learned

Seeing a lost animal and deliberately ignoring it violates a negative commandment of the Torah.