Ki Seitzei 23:07 · unit 1

TT #331 · Parashas Ki Seitzei · Fourth Aliyah · Passuk 23:07

The Complete Passuk

לֹֽא־תְתַעֵ֣ב אֲדֹמִ֔י כִּ֥י אָחִ֖יךָ ה֑וּא לֹא־תְתַעֵ֣ב מִצְרִ֔י כִּי־גֵ֖ר הָיִ֥יתָ בְאַרְצֽוֹ׃

You shall not abhor an Edomite, for he is your brother. You shall not abhor an Egyptian, because you were a stranger in his land.

Chabad.org — 23:07

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sifrei Devarim 251.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
לֹא תְתַעֵב אֲדֹמִי כִּי אָחִיךָ הוּא – קֻרְבָה שֶׁל אַחֲוָה.

English: “You shall not abhor an Edomite, for he is your brother” — the kinship of brotherhood.

On the daf / in context: Edom is treated more leniently because of the fraternal relationship.

Type of Learning

Derash on the reason for leniency.

What Is Learned

An Edomite is not to be abhorred, because of the brother-relationship.