Ki Seitzei 24:20 · unit 3

TT #607 · 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 / Peah.

TT lemma: לַגֵּר לַיָּתוֹם וְלָאַלְמָנָה יִהְיֶה.

Core Text

לַגֵּר לַיָּתוֹם וְלָאַלְמָנָה יִהְיֶה – זוֹ מִתְּנוֹת עֲנִיִּים.

English: ‘It shall be for the stranger, the orphan, and the widow’ – these are gifts for the poor.

On the daf / in context: The remainder of the olive harvest is classified among the mandated gifts to the needy.

Derash classifying the gift (Sifrei) — the leftover olives join pe’ah and related poor-gifts.

What is left after the first beating of the olive tree is a formal gift to the stranger, the orphan, and the widow.