Ki Seitzei 22:16 · unit 4

TT #233 · Parashas Ki Seitzei · Third Aliyah · Passuk 22:16

The Complete Passuk

וְאָמַ֛ר אֲבִ֥י הַֽנַּעֲרָ֖ה אֶל־הַזְּקֵנִ֑ים אֶת־בִּתִּ֗י נָתַ֤תִּי לָאִישׁ֙ הַזֶּ֔ה לְאִשָּׁ֖ה וַיִּשְׂנָאֶֽהָ׃

And the father of the young woman shall say to the elders: “I gave my daughter to this man as a wife, and he hated her.”

Chabad.org — 22:16

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sifrei / classic.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
וַיִּשְׂנָאֶהָ – מִכָּאן שֶׁשִּׂנְאָה גּוֹרֶרֶת עֲלִילוֹת דְּבָרִים.

English: “And he hated her” — from here [we learn] that hatred leads to false charges.

On the daf / in context: The narrative links the husband’s hatred to the subsequent fabrication of charges.

Type of Learning

Moral-legal reading of the sequence.

What Is Learned

The Torah presents hatred as the motive that leads to the false accusation.