Ki Seitzei 23:13 · unit 2

TT #357 · Parashas Ki Seitzei · Fourth Aliyah · Passuk 23:13

The Complete Passuk

וְיָתֵ֛ד תִּהְיֶ֥ה לְךָ֖ עַל־אֲזֵנֶ֑ךָ וְהָיָה֙ בְּשִׁבְתְּךָ֣ ח֔וּץ וְחָפַרְתָּ֣ה בָ֔הּ וְשַׁבְתָּ֖ וְכִסִּ֥יתָ אֶת־צֵאָתֶֽךָ׃

And you shall have a spade among your implements, and it shall be, when you sit down outside, you shall dig with it and turn back and cover your excrement.

Chabad.org — 23:13

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sifrei Devarim 257.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
וְחָפַרְתָּה בָהּ וְשַׁבְתָּ וְכִסִּיתָ – חִיּוּב כִּסּוּי.

English: “You shall dig with it and turn back and cover” — an obligation to cover.

On the daf / in context: Waste must be buried; it may not be left exposed.

Type of Learning

Identification of the covering duty.

What Is Learned

One must dig and cover one’s excrement.