Ki Seitzei 24:01 · unit 17

TT #448 · Parashas Ki Seitzei · Fifth Aliyah · Passuk 24:01

The Complete Passuk

כִּֽי־יִקַּ֥ח אִ֛ישׁ אִשָּׁ֖ה וּבְעָלָ֑הּ וְהָיָ֞ה אִם־לֹ֧א תִמְצָא־חֵ֣ן בְּעֵינָ֗יו כִּי־מָ֤צָא בָהּ֙ עֶרְוַ֣ת דָּבָ֔ר וְכָ֨תַב לָ֜הּ סֵ֤פֶר כְּרִיתֻת֙ וְנָתַ֣ן בְּיָדָ֔הּ וְשִׁלְּחָ֖הּ מִבֵּיתֽוֹ׃

When a man takes a wife and marries her, then it shall be, if she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a bill of divorce and give it in her hand and send her out of his house.

Chabad.org — 24:01

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sifrei Devarim 270 / Gittin.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
כִּי מָצָא בָהּ עֶרְוַת דָּבָר – סִבַּת הַגֵּרוּשִׁין.

English: “Because he has found some unseemly thing in her” — the cause of the divorce.

On the daf / in context: The verse supplies a reason-clause for the husband’s decision to divorce.

Type of Learning

Causal clause.

What Is Learned

The divorce is linked to the finding of an “ervat davar” in her.