Ki Seitzei 25:11 · unit 2

TT #762 · 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,

Chabad / Judaica Press

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sifrei.

TT lemma: אֲנָשִׁים יַחְדָּו.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

אֵין לִי אֶלָּא אֲנָשִׁים; אִישׁ עִם אִשָּׁה וְאִשָּׁה עִם אִישׁ מִנַּיִן? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר יַחְדָּו – מִכָּל מָקוֹם.

English: I have only men; from where do we know a man with a woman or a woman with a man? Scripture says “together” — in any combination.

On the daf / in context: The law of intervention and the penalty apply regardless of the gender composition of the quarreling parties.

Type of Learning

Ribbui from “together.”

What Is Learned

The law applies to any pair of people striving together, not only to two men.