Ki Seitzei 22:12 · unit 9

TT #220 · Parashas Ki Seitzei · Third Aliyah · Passuk 22:12

The Complete Passuk

גְּדִלִ֖ים תַּעֲשֶׂה־לָּ֑ךְ עַל־אַרְבַּ֛ע כַּנְפ֥וֹת כְּסוּתְךָ֖ אֲשֶׁ֥ר תְּכַסֶּה־בָּֽהּ׃

You shall make yourself twisted cords on the four corners of your garment with which you cover yourself.

Chabad.org — 22:12

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sifrei / Menachot.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
אֲשֶׁר תְּכַסֶּה בָּהּ – מִכָּאן אָמְרוּ כָּל שֶׁחַיָּב בְּכִסּוּי חַיָּב בְּצִיצִית.

English: “With which you cover yourself” — from here they said: whatever is obligated in covering is obligated in tzitzit.

On the daf / in context: The language links the mitzvah to garments that function as covering.

Type of Learning

Derash connecting covering and the obligation of tzitzit.

What Is Learned

A garment that serves as a covering is subject to the mitzvah of tzitzit.