Ki Seitzei 23:25 · unit 9
TT #428 · 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
וְחֶרְמֵשׁ לֹא תָנִיף – גְּזֵרָה מִשּׁוּם קְצִירָה.
English: “You shall not move a sickle” — a restriction because of harvesting.
On the daf / in context: Use of a harvesting tool would turn the act into a form of reaping the neighbor’s crop.
Type of Learning Reason for the tool ban.
What Is Learned A sickle is forbidden because it constitutes harvesting another’s crop.
Source pointed to by Torah Temimah. Only Chazal’s words and what they derived are presented. Ashkenazi transliteration.