Category Archives: Ki Tetzei

The Torah forbids taking back a wife if she married again after her divorce. If she wasn’t married, only betrothed, then its fine, no issur. The flow of the p’sukim seem to indicate that the situation was such that was … Continue reading

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The sin of a ben sorer omoreh

We discussed the reason the Ibn Ezra gives why we kill a Ben Sorer Omoreh. He explains that although he has not commited any single crime, his entire lifestyle indicates that he lives on this planet to seek pleasure. This is pure … Continue reading

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Not getting used to crime

We discussed the mitzvah of taking down the body of someone killed and hung for sinning, the reason for which the pasuk explains “for the curse of G-d is the hanged one”. Elaborates the Targum; the reason we must take … Continue reading

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