Ki Seitzei 22:09 · unit 8

TT #193 · 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

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
כַּרְמְךָ – אֵין לִי אֶלָּא כֶּרֶם שָׁלֵם, מִנַּיִן אֲפִלּוּ כֶּרֶם יְחִידִי וְעוֹשֶׂה פֵּרוֹת, תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר כֶּרֶם מִכָּל מָקוֹם.

English: “Your vineyard” — I have only a complete vineyard. Whence [do I include] even a single vine that produces fruit? Scripture states “vineyard” — in any case.

On the daf / in context: The midrash expands the prohibition beyond a full vineyard to a single productive vine.

Type of Learning

Ribbui from the word “karm’cha” / “kerem.”

What Is Learned

Even a single fruit-bearing vine is subject to the prohibition of kilayim.