Ki Seitzei 22:22 · unit 6

TT #267 · 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
מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל – מִתּוֹךְ עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל.

English: “From Israel” — from among the people of Israel.

On the daf / in context: The bi’ur formula is applied to the community of Israel as a whole.

Type of Learning

Clarification of the scope of the purge.

What Is Learned

The evil of adultery is to be purged from within the people of Israel.