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When Is Ki Teitzei Read?
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Summary
- Moses reviews a wide variety of laws regarding family, animals, and property. (21:10–22:12)
- Various civil and criminal laws are delineated, including those regarding sexual relationships, interaction with non-Israelites, loans, vows, and divorce. (22:13–24:5)
- Laws of commerce pertaining to loans, fair wages, and proper weights and measures are given. (24:10–25:16)
- The parashah concludes with the commandment to remember for all time the most heinous act committed against the Israelites—Amalek’s killing of the old, weak, and infirm after the Israelites left Egypt. (25:17–19)
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Listen to Podcasts About Ki Teitzei
Listen to Rabbi Rick Jacobs discuss Parashat Ki Teitzei in these episodes of his podcast, On the Other Hand: Ten Minutes of Torah.
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Ten Minutes of Torah: Ki Teitzei Commentary
What We Do When We Go Out
By: Rebecca Good
Parashat Ki Teitzei, which means “when you go out,” does a masterful job of showing us how the Israelites were expected to conduct themselves within their own community and when encountering those outside the nation of Israel.
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