Ki Seitzei 22:04 · unit 9
TT #138 · Parashas Ki Seitzei · Second Aliyah · Passuk 22:04
The Complete Passuk
לֹא־תִרְאֶה אֶת־חֲמוֹר אָחִיךָ אוֹ שׁוֹרוֹ נֹפְלִים בַּדֶּרֶךְ וְהִתְעַלַּמְתָּ מֵהֶם הָקֵם תָּקִים עִמּוֹ׃
You shall not see your brother’s donkey or his ox fallen on the road and hide yourself from them; you shall surely help him lift them up.
Chabad.org — 22:04
Source Citation
Torah Temimah points to Bava Metzia 32a.
Sefaria — Bava Metzia 32a
Core Text of Chazal
Core Text
עִמּוֹ – וְלֹא עִם הַגּוֹי.
English: “With him” — and not with a non-Jew.
On the daf / in context: The word “imo” is also used to exclude assistance that would primarily benefit a non-Jew’s animal in the same manner.
Type of Learning
Limiting derash on “imo.”
What Is Learned
The Torah-level obligation of helping to raise a fallen animal is directed toward a fellow Jew’s animal.