Ki Seitzei 24:19 · unit 12

TT #583 · Parashas Ki Seitzei · Sixth Aliyah · Passuk 24:19

The Complete Passuk

כִּ֣י תִקְצֹר֩ קְצִֽירְךָ֨ בְשָׂדֶ֜ךָ וְשָֽׁכַחְתָּ֧ עֹ֣מֶר בַּשָּׂדֶ֗ה לֹ֤א תָשׁוּב֙ לְקַחְתּ֔וֹ לַגֵּ֛ר לַיָּת֥וֹם וְלָאַלְמָנָ֖ה יִהְיֶ֑ה לְמַ֨עַן יְבָרֶכְךָ֜ יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ בְּכֹל֙ מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה יָדֶ֔יךָ׃

When you reap your harvest in your field and have forgotten a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to fetch it; it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow, that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

Chabad.org — 24:19

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sifrei Devarim 288.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
לֹא תָשׁוּב – אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁנִּזְכַּר.

English: “You shall not go back” — even if one later remembers.

On the daf / in context: Once the sheaf has been forgotten and left, subsequent recollection does not permit retrieval.

Type of Learning

Effect of later recollection.

What Is Learned

Even if one later remembers the sheaf, one may not return to take it.