Ki Seitzei 24:01 · unit 6

TT #437 · 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 שֶׁל עֶרְוָה.

English: “Some unseemly thing” — a matter of unseemliness.

On the daf / in context: The classic debate (Bet Shammai / Bet Hillel / R. Akiva) turns on the scope of “ervat davar.”

Type of Learning

Definitional focus of the ground for divorce.

What Is Learned

The ground for divorce is expressed as “ervat davar” (an unseemly thing).