Ki Seitzei 24:01 · unit 25

TT #456 · 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
עֶרְוַת דָּבָר – דָּבָר וְעֶרְוָה.

English: “Unseemly thing” — a thing and unseemliness (classic parsing).

On the daf / in context: The phrase is parsed as requiring both a “davar” and an element of “ervah” in some opinions.

Type of Learning

Textual parsing of the ground.

What Is Learned

The expression “ervat davar” is the subject of precise interpretive debate.