Ki Seitzei 22:03 · unit 9

TT #127 · Parashas Ki Seitzei · Second Aliyah · Passuk 22:03

The Complete Passuk

וְכֵן תַּעֲשֶׂה לַחֲמֹרוֹ וְכֵן תַּעֲשֶׂה לְשִׂמְלָתוֹ וְכֵן תַּעֲשֶׂה לְכָל־אֲבֵדַת אָחִיךָ אֲשֶׁר־תֹּאבַד מִמֶּנּוּ וּמְצָאתָהּ לֹא תוּכַל לְהִתְעַלֵּם׃

And so shall you do with his donkey, and so shall you do with his garment, and so shall you do with every lost item of your brother’s that he loses and you find; you shall not be able to hide yourself.

Chabad.org — 22:03

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Bava Metzia 27a.

Sefaria — Bava Metzia 27a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
אֲבֵדַת אָחִיךָ – פְּרָט לְאֲבֵדַת גּוֹי.

English: “Lost item of your brother” — excluding the lost item of a non-Jew.

On the daf / in context: The word “achikha” continues to limit the Torah-level obligation to the property of a fellow Jew.

Type of Learning

Limiting derash (mi’ut) on “achikha.”

What Is Learned

The biblical commandment of returning lost property is directed toward the property of a fellow Jew; the property of a non-Jew is not included at the Torah level.