Ki Seitzei 23:15 · unit 4

TT #367 · Parashas Ki Seitzei · Fourth Aliyah · Passuk 23:15

The Complete Passuk

לֹא־תַסְגִּ֥יר עֶ֖בֶד אֶל־אֲדֹנָ֑יו אֲשֶׁר־יִנָּצֵ֥ל אֵלֶ֖יךָ מֵעִ֥ם אֲדֹנָֽיו׃

You shall not deliver to his master a slave who has escaped from his master to you.

Chabad.org — 23:15

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sifrei Devarim 259.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
לֹא תַסְגִּיר – מִצְוַת לֹא תַעֲשֶׂה.

English: “You shall not deliver” — a negative commandment.

On the daf / in context: The verse is the source of a formal lav.

Type of Learning

Identification of the lav.

What Is Learned

Returning the escaped slave is a Torah prohibition.