Ki Seitzei 22:10 · unit 3

TT #203 · 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 Bava Kamma 54b / Sifrei.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
בְּשׁוֹר וּבַחֲמוֹר – לֹא בְּשׁוֹר וּבַחֲמוֹר בִּלְבַד אָמְרוּ, אֶלָּא כָּל שְׁנֵי מִינִים.

English: “With an ox and a donkey” — they did not say only an ox and a donkey, but any two species.

On the daf / in context: Classic statement of the general rule derived from the verse.

Type of Learning

Generalization from the specific case named in the Torah.

What Is Learned

The Torah’s example of ox and donkey teaches a general prohibition of mixed-species yoking.