Ki Seitzei 22:21 · unit 6

TT #257 · Parashas Ki Seitzei · Third Aliyah · Passuk 22:21

The Complete Passuk

וְהוֹצִ֨יאוּ אֶת־הַֽנַּעֲרָ֜ה אֶל־פֶּ֣תַח בֵּית־אָבִ֗יהָ וּסְקָל֩וּהָ֩ אַנְשֵׁ֨י עִירָ֤הּ בָּאֲבָנִים֙ וָמֵ֔תָה כִּֽי־עָשְׂתָ֤ה נְבָלָה֙ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לִזְנ֖וֹת בֵּ֣ית אָבִ֑יהָ וּבִֽעַרְתָּ֥ הָרָ֖ע מִקִּרְבֶּֽךָ׃

Then they shall bring out the young woman to the entrance of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones so that she dies, because she has done a disgraceful thing in Israel, to play the harlot in her father’s house. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.

Chabad.org — 22:21

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sifrei / classic.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
וּבִעַרְתָּ הָרָע מִקִּרְבֶּךָ – מִצְוָה לְבַעֵר.

English: “So you shall purge the evil from your midst” — a commandment to remove the evil.

On the daf / in context: The concluding formula imposes a positive duty to eliminate the wrongdoer.

Type of Learning

Identification of the bi’ur obligation.

What Is Learned

The community is commanded to purge the evil by carrying out the sentence.