Ki Seitzei 22:10 · unit 1

TT #201 · Parashas Ki Seitzei · Third Aliyah · Passuk 22:10

The Complete Passuk

לֹֽא־תַחֲרֹ֥שׁ בְּשׁוֹר־וּבַחֲמֹ֖ר יַחְדָּֽו׃

You shall not plow with an ox and a donkey together.

Chabad.org — 22:10

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sifrei Devarim 231 / Bava Kamma 54b.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
לֹא תַחֲרֹשׁ בְּשׁוֹר וּבַחֲמוֹר יַחְדָּו – הוּא הַדִּין לְכָל שְׁנֵי מִינִים שֶׁבָּעוֹלָם.

English: “You shall not plow with an ox and a donkey together” — the same law applies to any two different species in the world.

On the daf / in context: The specific mention of ox and donkey is paradigmatic; the prohibition extends to every pair of different animal species.

Type of Learning

Binyan av / paradigmatic expansion from the named pair.

What Is Learned

It is forbidden to yoke any two animals of different species together for work.