Ki Seitzei 23:25 · unit 7

TT #426 · 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
בְּיָדֶךָ – כְּדֵי אֲכִילָה.

English: “With your hand” — for the purpose of eating.

On the daf / in context: The permission is oriented toward immediate consumption, parallel to the vineyard rule.

Type of Learning

Purpose limitation.

What Is Learned

Hand-plucking is for on-site eating, not for removal of a harvest.