Ki Seitzei 25:01 · unit 5

TT #614 · Parashas Ki Seitzei · Seventh Aliyah · Passuk 25:01

The Complete Passuk

כִּֽי־יִהְיֶ֥ה רִיב֙ בֵּ֣ין אֲנָשִׁ֔ים וְנִגְּשׁ֥וּ אֶל־הַמִּשְׁפָּ֖ט וּשְׁפָט֑וּם וְהִצְדִּ֙יקוּ֙ אֶת־הַצַּדִּ֔יק וְהִרְשִׁ֖יעוּ אֶת־הָרָשָֽׁע׃

When there is a dispute between men and they come to judgment, and they judge them, and they declare the righteous one righteous and the wicked one wicked,

Chabad / Judaica Press

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sifrei Devarim 286.

TT lemma: רִיב בֵּין אֲנָשִׁים.

Sefaria — Sifrei Devarim 286

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
רִיב בֵּין אֲנָשִׁים – וְלֹא בֵּין אִישׁ לְאִשָּׁה לְעִנְיָן זֶה.

English: ‘A dispute between men’ – and not, for this purpose, between a man and a woman.

On the daf / in context: Some readings limit the opening case language.

Type of Learning

Derash on the parties (Sifrei) — the paradigmatic case is framed as between men.

What Is Learned

The Torah introduces the judicial sequence with a dispute between men; the procedural lessons still govern the court’s handling of guilt and punishment.