Ki Seitzei 25:11 · unit 4

TT #764 · 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 Yerushalmi Bava Kamma 8:3.

TT lemma: אֵשֶׁת הָאֶחָד.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

אֵשֶׁת הָאֶחָד – וְלֹא אֵשֶׁת שְׁנַיִם.

English: “The wife of the one” — and not the wife of two.

On the daf / in context: If after the first woman intervened, the wife of the other party also intervened, the second woman is not liable under this verse.

Type of Learning

Mi’ut from the singular “the one.”

What Is Learned

Only the wife of one of the parties is the subject of this particular liability; a subsequent intervening wife is not covered by the same rule.