Ki Seitzei 25:09 · unit 18

TT #746 · Parashas Ki Seitzei · Seventh Aliyah · Passuk 25:09

The Complete Passuk

וְנִגְּשָׁ֨ה יְבִמְתּ֣וֹ אֵלָיו֮ לְעֵינֵ֣י הַזְּקֵנִים֒ וְחָלְצָ֤ה נַעֲלוֹ֙ מֵעַ֣ל רַגְל֔וֹ וְיָרְקָ֥ה בְּפָנָ֖יו וְעָנְתָ֣ה וְאָמְרָ֑ה כָּ֚כָה יֵעָשֶׂ֣ה לָאִ֔ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־יִבְנֶ֖ה אֶת־בֵּ֥ית אָחִֽיו׃

Then his yevamah shall approach him in the presence of the elders, and draw his shoe off his foot, and spit in his face, and respond and say: “Thus shall be done to the man who will not build up his brother’s house.”

Chabad / Judaica Press

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Yevamot 101b.

TT lemma: וְחָלְצָה נַעֲלוֹ מֵעַל רַגְלוֹ.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

מֵעַל רַגְלוֹ – פְּרָט לְקָטוּעַ שֶׁאֵין לוֹ רֶגֶל.

English: “From upon his foot” — excluding one whose foot has been amputated and who has no foot.

On the daf / in context: A man without a foot cannot have a shoe removed from upon his foot.

Type of Learning

Mi’ut excluding a man without a foot.

What Is Learned

A man whose foot has been amputated cannot perform (or receive) chalitzah in the ordinary manner.