Ki Seitzei 22:15 · unit 1

TT #229 · Parashas Ki Seitzei · Third Aliyah · Passuk 22:15

The Complete Passuk

וְלָקַ֛ח אֲבִ֥י הַֽנַּעֲרָ֖ה וְאִמָּ֑הּ וְהוֹצִ֜יאוּ אֶת־בְּתוּלֵ֧י הַֽנַּעֲרָ֛ה אֶל־זִקְנֵ֥י הָעִ֖יר הַשָּֽׁעְרָה׃

Then the father of the young woman and her mother shall take and bring out the evidence of the young woman’s virginity to the elders of the city at the gate.

Chabad.org — 22:15

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sifrei Devarim 236.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
וְלָקַח אֲבִי הַנַּעֲרָה וְאִמָּהּ – מִכָּאן שֶׁהָאָב וְהָאֵם מְבִיאִים אֶת הַבְּתוּלִים.

English: “Then the father of the young woman and her mother shall take” — from here [we learn] that the father and the mother bring the evidence of virginity.

On the daf / in context: The parents are the ones empowered to produce the cloth that refutes the husband’s claim.

Type of Learning

Derash assigning the procedural role to the parents.

What Is Learned

It is the parents who present the evidence of virginity before the elders.