Ki Seitzei 25:11 · unit 6

TT #766 · 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 / Yerushalmi.

TT lemma: וְהֶחֱזִיקָה.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

מִמַּשְׁמַע שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר וְשָׁלְחָה יָדָהּ אֵינִי יוֹדֵעַ שֶׁהֶחֱזִיקָה? מַה תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר וְהֶחֱזִיקָה – לוֹמַר לְךָ, כֵּיוָן שֶׁנִּתְכַּוֵּן לְהַזִּיק אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁלֹּא נִתְכַּוֵּן לְבַיֵּשׁ חַיָּב.

English: From the implication of “and she puts out her hand” do I not know that she seized? Why does Scripture say “and seizes”? To tell you that once he intended to cause damage, even if he did not intend to embarrass, he is liable.

On the daf / in context: Intent to damage is sufficient to create liability for embarrassment as well.

Type of Learning

Derash on the dual language of putting out the hand and seizing.

What Is Learned

Liability for embarrassment arises even when the intent was only to damage, not specifically to embarrass.