Ki Seitzei 22:06 · unit 1
TT #146 · Parashas Ki Seitzei · Second Aliyah · Passuk 22:06
The Complete Passuk
כִּי יִקָּרֵא קַן־צִפּוֹר לְפָנֶיךָ בַּדֶּרֶךְ בְּכָל־עֵץ אוֹ עַל־הָאָרֶץ אֶפְרֹחִים אוֹ בֵיצִים וְהָאֵם רֹבֶצֶת עַל־הָאֶפְרֹחִים אוֹ עַל־הַבֵּיצִים לֹא־תִקַּח הָאֵם עַל־הַבָּנִים׃
If a bird’s nest chances before you on the road, on any tree or on the ground, with chicks or eggs, and the mother is sitting on the chicks or on the eggs, you shall not take the mother with the young.
Chabad.org — 22:06
Source Citation
Torah Temimah points to Chullin 139b .
Sefaria — Chullin 139b
Core Text of Chazal
Core Text
כִּי יִקָּרֵא – פְּרָט לְמָצוּי.
English: “If it chances” — excluding [a nest that is already] found.
On the daf / in context: The language of chance occurrence limits the mitzvah to a nest that one happens upon.
Type of Learning Limiting derash on “ki yikkare.”
What Is Learned The mitzvah applies to a nest that one chances upon, not to one already in one’s possession.
Source pointed to by Torah Temimah. Only Chazal’s words and what they derived are presented. Ashkenazi transliteration.