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Ki Teitzei
כִּי-תֵצֵא
When You Go Out (to Battle)
Deuteronomy 21:10–25:19
When Is Ki Teitzei Read?
/ 11 Elul 5784
/ 13 Elul 5785
/ 9 Elul 5786
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)
More Ki Teitzei Commentaries
Video: Learn More About Parashat Ki Teitzei
Video: Learn More About Parashat Ki Teitzei
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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
Chase Justice
By: Rabbi Liz P.G. Hirsch
The chapters of Shof'tim and Ki Teitzei focus on laws and justice. Last week, in Shof'tim, we read the iconic words: " Tzedek, tzedek tirdof" (justice, justice shall you pursue) (Deuteronomy 16:20). In both Shof'tim and Ki Teitzei, we're urged to pursue justice, to run after it, and to chase it down.
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