Ki Seitzei 25:11 · unit 1

TT #761 · Parashas Ki Seitzei · Seventh Aliyah · Passuk 25:11

The Complete Passuk

כִּֽי־יִנָּצ֨וּ אֲנָשִׁ֤ים יַחְדָּו֙ אִ֣ישׁ וְאָחִ֔יו וְקָֽרְבָה֙ אֵ֣שֶׁת הָאֶחָ֔ד לְהַצִּ֥יל אֶת־אִישָׁ֖הּ מִיַּ֣ד מַכֵּ֑הוּ וְשָׁלְחָ֣ה יָדָ֔הּ וְהֶחֱזִ֖יקָה בִּמְבֻשָֽׁיו׃

When men strive together, a man and his brother, and the wife of the one draws near to rescue her husband from the hand of him who strikes him, and she puts out her hand and seizes him by his private parts,

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Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sifrei.

TT lemma: כִּי יִנָּצוּ אֲנָשִׁים.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

כִּי יִנָּצוּ אֲנָשִׁים – אֵין שָׁלוֹם יוֹצֵא מִתּוֹךְ מְרִיבָה.

English: “When men strive together” — no peace comes out of strife.

On the daf / in context: The opening of the section on the woman who intervenes in a fight is framed by the observation that quarrel leads to further harm.

Type of Learning

Derash on the nature of strife.

What Is Learned

The laws that follow arise from a situation of conflict; peace is not the expected outcome of such strife.