Ki Seitzei 25:11 · unit 5

TT #765 · 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 Bava Kamma 28a / Sifrei.

TT lemma: וְשָׁלְחָה יָדָהּ.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

וְשָׁלְחָה יָדָהּ – פְּרָט לִשְׁלִיחַ בֵּית דִּין.

English: “And she puts out her hand” — excluding an agent of the court.

On the daf / in context: An agent of the court who embarrasses a litigant in the course of his duty is not liable under this law.

Type of Learning

Mi’ut excluding a court agent.

What Is Learned

A court agent who causes embarrassment while performing his duty is exempt from the liability of this verse.