Ki Seitzei 25:09 · unit 4

TT #732 · Parashas Ki Seitzei · Seventh Aliyah · Passuk 25:09

The Complete Passuk

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 101a.

TT lemma: וְחָלְצָה נַעֲלוֹ.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

English: If she performed chalitzah with a soft cloth shoe (anpilya) — her chalitzah is invalid; why? We require something that protects, for it is written “shoe.”

On the daf / in context: Only a proper protective shoe (of leather) qualifies for the rite.