Ki Seitzei 24:20 · unit 1

TT #605 · Parashas Ki Seitzei · Sixth / Seventh Aliyah · Passuk 24:20

The Complete Passuk

כִּ֤י תַחְבֹּט֙ זֵֽיתְךָ֔ לֹ֥א תְפַאֵ֖ר אַחֲרֶ֑יךָ לַגֵּ֛ר לַיָּת֥וֹם וְלָאַלְמָנָ֖ה יִהְיֶֽה׃

When you beat your olive tree, you shall not go over the boughs again; it shall be for the stranger, the orphan, and the widow.

Torah Temimah points to Sifrei Devarim 284 / Hullin.

TT lemma: כִּי תַחְבֹּט זֵיתְךָ.

Core Text

כִּי תַחְבֹּט זֵיתְךָ – בִּשְׁעַת הַחֲבָטָה.

English: ‘When you beat your olive tree’ – at the time of the beating.

On the daf / in context: The verse governs the harvest practice of striking the olive tree.

Derash on the timing of the command (Sifrei) — the prohibition applies during the harvest act itself.

When olives are harvested by beating the tree, one may not return afterward to take what remains; that remainder is for the poor.