Ki Seitzei 22:14 · unit 1
TT #224 · Parashas Ki Seitzei · Third Aliyah · Passuk 22:14
The Complete Passuk
וְשָׂ֥ם לָהּ֙ עֲלִילֹ֣ת דְּבָרִ֔ים וְהוֹצִ֥א עָלֶ֖יהָ שֵׁ֣ם רָ֑ע וְאָמַ֗ר אֶת־הָאִשָּׁ֤ה הַזֹּאת֙ לָקַ֔חְתִּי וָאֶקְרַ֣ב אֵלֶ֔יהָ וְלֹא־מָצָ֥אתִי לָ֖הּ בְּתוּלִֽים׃
And he makes up charges against her and brings out an evil name against her, and says: “I took this woman, and when I came near to her I did not find in her the signs of virginity.”
Chabad.org — 22:14
Source Citation
Torah Temimah points to Sifrei Devarim 235 .
Sefaria
Core Text of Chazal
Core Text
וְשָׂם לָהּ עֲלִילוֹת דְּבָרִים – שֶׁמֵּבִיא עֵדִים שֶׁזִּנְּתָה.
English: “And he makes up charges against her” — that he brings witnesses that she committed adultery.
On the daf / in context: The phrase is understood as the formal lodging of a capital charge of premarital unchastity.
Type of Learning Definitional derash on “alilot devarim.”
What Is Learned The husband’s claim is treated as a capital accusation requiring witnesses.
Source pointed to by Torah Temimah. Only Chazal’s words and what they derived are presented. Ashkenazi transliteration.