Ki Seitzei 23:15 · unit 7

TT #370 · 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 – אַף לֹא תִּמְסֹר בִּרְמִיזָה.

English: “You shall not deliver” — even not by indirect means.

On the daf / in context: The prohibition includes any form of returning or facilitating the return of the slave.

Type of Learning

Expansion of the lav.

What Is Learned

Any act that returns the escaped slave to the master is forbidden.