Ki Seitzei 22:22 · unit 4

TT #265 · Parashas Ki Seitzei · Third Aliyah · Passuk 22:22

The Complete Passuk

כִּֽי־יִמָּצֵ֨א אִ֜ישׁ שֹׁכֵ֣ב ׀ עִם־אִשָּׁ֣ה בְעֻֽלַת־בַּ֗עַל וּמֵ֨תוּ֙ גַּם־שְׁנֵיהֶ֔ם הָאִ֛ישׁ הַשֹּׁכֵ֥ב עִם־הָֽאִשָּׁ֖ה וְהָֽאִשָּׁ֑ה וּבִֽעַרְתָּ֥ הָרָ֖ע מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

If a man is found lying with a woman married to a husband, then both of them shall die — the man who lay with the woman and the woman. So you shall purge the evil from Israel.

Chabad.org — 22:22

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sifrei / Sanhedrin.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
וּבִעַרְתָּ הָרָע מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל – מִצְוָה לְבַעֵר.

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

On the daf / in context: The concluding formula again imposes the duty of bi’ur.

Type of Learning

Identification of the bi’ur obligation.

What Is Learned

The community must purge the evil by carrying out the sentence.