Ki Seitzei 22:09 · unit 7

TT #192 · Parashas Ki Seitzei · Third Aliyah · Passuk 22:09

The Complete Passuk

לֹא־תִזְרַ֥ע כַּרְמְךָ֖ כִּלְאָ֑יִם פֶּן־תִּקְדַּ֗שׁ הַֽמְלֵאָ֤ה הַזֶּ֙רַע֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּזְרָ֔ע וּתְבוּאַ֖ת הַכָּֽרֶם׃

You shall not sow your vineyard with mixed seeds, lest the fullness of the seed that you sow and the produce of the vineyard become forbidden.

Chabad.org — 22:09

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sifrei Devarim 230.

Sefaria — Sifrei Devarim 230

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
לֹא תִזְרַע כַּרְמְךָ כִּלְאָיִם – מַה אֲנִי צָרִיךְ, וַהֲלֹא כְּבָר נֶאֱמַר שָׂדְךָ לֹא תִזְרַע כִּלְאָיִם, מְלַמֵּד שֶׁכָּל הַמְּקַיֵּם כִּלְאַיִם בַּכֶּרֶם עוֹבֵר בִּשְׁנֵי לָאוִין.

English: “You shall not sow your vineyard with mixed seeds” — why do I need this? Is it not already stated “your field you shall not sow with mixed seeds”? This teaches that whoever maintains kilayim in a vineyard transgresses two negative commandments.

On the daf / in context: The Sifrei notes the parallel prohibition in Vayikra 19:19 concerning a field. The repetition for a vineyard creates a second, independent lav, so that one who sows mixed species in a vineyard violates both the general field prohibition and the specific vineyard prohibition.

Type of Learning

Ribbui / double lav from the juxtaposition of the two kilayim verses (field and vineyard).

What Is Learned

Sowing mixed species in a vineyard incurs two separate prohibitions: the general prohibition of kilayim in a field and the specific prohibition of kilayim in a vineyard.