Ki Seitzei 23:25 · unit 10

TT #429 · Parashas Ki Seitzei · Fifth Aliyah · Passuk 23:25

The Complete Passuk

כִּ֤י תָבֹא֙ בְּקָמַ֣ת רֵעֶ֔ךָ וְקָטַפְתָּ֥ מְלִילֹ֖ת בְּיָדֶ֑ךָ וְחֶרְמֵשׁ֙ לֹ֣א תָנִ֔יף עַ֖ל קָמַ֥ת רֵעֶֽךָ׃

When you come into your neighbor’s standing grain, then you may pluck the ears with your hand; but you shall not move a sickle upon your neighbor’s standing grain.

Chabad.org — 23:25

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sifrei Devarim 269.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
כִּי תָבֹא – בִּשְׁעַת מְלָאכָה.

English: “When you come” — at the time of work (in the worker reading).

On the daf / in context: One major reading applies the verse to a hired worker in the field.

Type of Learning

Contextual reading.

What Is Learned

A primary application is to a worker who is permitted to eat while working in the field.