Ki Seitzei 23:25 · unit 12
TT #431 · 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
לֹא תָנִיף עַל קָמַת רֵעֶךָ – שְׁמִירַת מָמוֹן חֲבֵרוֹ.
English: “You shall not move a sickle upon your neighbor’s standing grain” — protection of another’s property.
On the daf / in context: The restriction safeguards the neighbor’s ownership of the crop.
Type of Learning Moral-legal purpose.
What Is Learned The ban on the sickle protects the neighbor’s proprietary right in the standing grain.
Source pointed to by Torah Temimah. Only Chazal’s words and what they derived are presented. Ashkenazi transliteration.