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Chapter 22

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1If you see your fellow's ox or sheep gone astray, do not ignore it; you must take it back to your fellow.

LO-tir-EH et-SHOR a-KHEE-kha o et-SE-yo ni-DA-khim v'-hit-a-lam-TA me-HEM ha-SHEV t'-shi-VEM l'-a-KHEE-kha.

אלֹֽא־תִרְאֶה֩ אֶת־שׁ֨וֹר אָחִ֜יךָ א֤וֹ אֶת־שֵׂיוֹ֙ נִדָּחִ֔ים וְהִתְעַלַּמְתָּ֖ מֵהֶ֑ם הָשֵׁ֥ב תְּשִׁיבֵ֖ם לְאָחִֽיךָ׃

2If your fellow does not live near you or you do not know who he is, you shall bring it home and it shall remain with you until your fellow claims it; then you shall give it back to him.

v'-im-LO ka-ROV a-KHE-kha e-LE-kha v'-LO ye-da-TO va-a-SAFT-o el-TOKH b'-YE-te-kha v'-ha-YA iM'-KHA ad d'-ROSH a-KHE-kha o-TO va-ha-SHE-vo-TO lo

בוְאִם־לֹ֨א קָר֥וֹב אָחִ֛יךָ אֵלֶ֖יךָ וְלֹ֣א יְדַעְתּ֑וֹ וַאֲסַפְתּוֹ֙ אֶל־תּ֣וֹךְ בֵּיתֶ֔ךָ וְהָיָ֣ה עִמְּךָ֗ עַ֣ד דְּרֹ֤שׁ אָחִ֙יךָ֙ אֹת֔וֹ וַהֲשֵׁבֹת֖וֹ לֽוֹ׃

3You shall do the same with his ass; you shall do the same with his garment; and so too shall you do with anything that your fellow loses and you find: you must not remain indifferent.

v'-khen ta-a-SEH la-cha-MO-ro v'-khen ta-a-SEH l'-sim-LA-to v'-khen ta-a-SEH l'-kol a-VE-dat a-KHEE-kha a-SHER to-VAD mi-ME-nu u-m'-tza-TAH lo tu-KHAL l'-hit-a-LEM. (S)

גוְכֵ֧ן תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה לַחֲמֹר֗וֹ וְכֵ֣ן תַּעֲשֶׂה֮ לְשִׂמְלָתוֹ֒ וְכֵ֣ן תַּעֲשֶׂ֗ה לְכׇל־אֲבֵדַ֥ת אָחִ֛יךָ אֲשֶׁר־תֹּאבַ֥ד מִמֶּ֖נּוּ וּמְצָאתָ֑הּ לֹ֥א תוּכַ֖ל לְהִתְעַלֵּֽם׃

4If you see your fellow's ass or ox fallen on the road, do not ignore it; you must help him raise it.

lo-tir-EH et-kha-MOR a-KHEE-kha o-SHO-ro no-f'-LEEM ba-DE-rekh v'-hit-a-lam-TA may-HEM ha-KEM ta-KIM i-MO.

דלֹא־תִרְאֶה֩ אֶת־חֲמ֨וֹר אָחִ֜יךָ א֤וֹ שׁוֹרוֹ֙ נֹפְלִ֣ים בַּדֶּ֔רֶךְ וְהִתְעַלַּמְתָּ֖ מֵהֶ֑ם הָקֵ֥ם תָּקִ֖ים עִמּֽוֹ׃

5A woman must not put on man's apparel, nor shall a man wear woman's clothing; for whoever does these things is abhorrent to Hashem your God.

lo yi-HE-yeh k'-lee-GE-ver al i-SHA, v'-lo yil-BASH GE-ver sim-LAT i-SHA, kee to-a-VAT a-do-NAI e-lo-HE-kha kol o-SEH e-LEH.

הלֹא־יִהְיֶ֤ה כְלִי־גֶ֙בֶר֙ עַל־אִשָּׁ֔ה וְלֹא־יִלְבַּ֥שׁ גֶּ֖בֶר שִׂמְלַ֣ת אִשָּׁ֑ה כִּ֧י תוֹעֲבַ֛ת יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ כׇּל־עֹ֥שֵׂה אֵֽלֶּה׃

6If, along the road, you chance upon a bird's nest, in any tree or on the ground, with fledglings or eggs and the mother sitting over the fledglings or on the eggs, do not take the mother together with her young.

KI yi-ka-RE (b'-se-FRAY t'-YAMAN kan b'-kof G'-DO-lah) kan-TZI-por l'-fa-NE-kha ba-DE-rekh b'-KOL-etz o al ha-A-retz ef-ro-KHEEM o v'-ha-EM ro-VETZET al ha-ef-ro-KHEEM o al ha-BAY-tzeeM lo-ti-KAKH ha-EM al ha-ba-NEEM

וכִּ֣י יִקָּרֵ֣א *(בספרי תימן קַן בקו״ף גדולה)קַן־צִפּ֣וֹר ׀ לְפָנֶ֡יךָ בַּדֶּ֜רֶךְ בְּכׇל־עֵ֣ץ ׀ א֣וֹ עַל־הָאָ֗רֶץ אֶפְרֹחִים֙ א֣וֹ בֵיצִ֔ים וְהָאֵ֤ם רֹבֶ֙צֶת֙ עַל־הָֽאֶפְרֹחִ֔ים א֖וֹ עַל־הַבֵּיצִ֑ים לֹא־תִקַּ֥ח הָאֵ֖ם עַל־הַבָּנִֽים׃

7Let the mother go, and take only the young, in order that you may fare well and have a long life.

sha-LAY-akh t'-sha-LAKH et ha-AYM v'-et ha-ba-NEEM ti-kakh LAKH l'-MA-an YEE-tav LAKH v'-ha-a-rakh-TA ya-MEEM

זשַׁלֵּ֤חַ תְּשַׁלַּח֙ אֶת־הָאֵ֔ם וְאֶת־הַבָּנִ֖ים תִּֽקַּֽח־לָ֑ךְ לְמַ֙עַן֙ יִ֣יטַב לָ֔ךְ וְהַאֲרַכְתָּ֖ יָמִֽים׃

 22:7   Let the mother go

This verse instructs one to chase a mother bird from its nest before taking its fledglings. On a deeper level, this law reflects the state of the Jewish people in exile. According to the mystical work Zohar, the mother bird who has been chased away cries about the separation from her children. When her cries are heard on high, the angels ask Hashem why He has commanded that the mother bird suffer such a sad fate. God answers that He shares the same fate as the mother bird: His presence has been driven from the Beit Hamikdash, and His children have been taken into exile. God asks that the angels sympathize with His plight and the plight of the Jewish people. He demands that they pray for the return of the Jewish people to their homeland and for the restoration of the Beit Hamikdash so that His presence can once again dwell in Yerushalayim.

A mother and her chick in Ramat Gan

Birds sit atop the ancient fortress of Masada.

8When you build a new house, you shall make a parapet for your roof, so that you do not bring bloodguilt on your house if anyone should fall from it.

ki tiv-NEH ba-YIT cha-DASH v'-a-see-TA ma-a-KEH l'-ga-GE-kha v'-lo-ta-SEEM da-MEEM b'-be-TE-kha ki-yi-POL ha-no-FEL mi-ME-nu

חכִּ֤י תִבְנֶה֙ בַּ֣יִת חָדָ֔שׁ וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ מַעֲקֶ֖ה לְגַגֶּ֑ךָ וְלֹֽא־תָשִׂ֤ים דָּמִים֙ בְּבֵיתֶ֔ךָ כִּֽי־יִפֹּ֥ל הַנֹּפֵ֖ל מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃

9You shall not sow your vineyard with a second kind of seed, else the crop—from the seed you have sown—and the yield of the vineyard may not be used.

lo-tiz-RA kar-m'-KHA kil-a-YIM pen-tik-DASH ha-m'-LE-a ha-ze-RA a-SHER tiz-RA u-t'-vu-AT ha-ka-REM. (s)

טלֹא־תִזְרַ֥ע כַּרְמְךָ֖ כִּלְאָ֑יִם פֶּן־תִּקְדַּ֗שׁ הַֽמְלֵאָ֤ה הַזֶּ֙רַע֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּזְרָ֔ע וּתְבוּאַ֖ת הַכָּֽרֶם׃

10You shall not plow with an ox and an ass together.

lo-ta-cha-ROSH b'-SHOR u-va-cha-MOR yakh-DAV

ילֹֽא־תַחֲרֹ֥שׁ בְּשׁוֹר־וּבַחֲמֹ֖ר יַחְדָּֽו׃

11You shall not wear cloth combining wool and linen.

lo til-BASH sha-at-NEZ tze-MER u-fish-TIM yakh-DAV. (S)

יאלֹ֤א תִלְבַּשׁ֙ שַֽׁעַטְנֵ֔ז צֶ֥מֶר וּפִשְׁתִּ֖ים יַחְדָּֽו׃

12You shall make tassels on the four corners of the garment with which you cover yourself.

g'-di-LIM ta-a-SEH-lakh al-ar-BA ka-N'-fot k'-su-t'-KHA a-SHER t'-kha-SEH-BAH (s)

יבגְּדִלִ֖ים תַּעֲשֶׂה־לָּ֑ךְ עַל־אַרְבַּ֛ע כַּנְפ֥וֹת כְּסוּתְךָ֖ אֲשֶׁ֥ר תְּכַסֶּה־בָּֽהּ׃

13A man marries a woman and cohabits with her. Then he takes an aversion to her

ki-yi-KAKH eesh i-SHA u-VA e-LE-ha u-s'-ne-AH

יגכִּֽי־יִקַּ֥ח אִ֖ישׁ אִשָּׁ֑ה וּבָ֥א אֵלֶ֖יהָ וּשְׂנֵאָֽהּ׃

14and makes up charges against her and defames her, saying, “I married this woman; but when I approached her, I found that she was not a virgin.”

v'-SAM LAH a-lee-LOT d'-va-REEM v'-HO-tz'-ee a-LE-ha SHAYM RA v'-a-MAR et ha-i-SHA ha-ZOT la-ka-KH'-tee va-e-k'-RAV e-LE-ha v'-LO ma-TZA-tee LAH b'-tu-LEEM

ידוְשָׂ֥ם לָהּ֙ עֲלִילֹ֣ת דְּבָרִ֔ים וְהוֹצִ֥א עָלֶ֖יהָ שֵׁ֣ם רָ֑ע וְאָמַ֗ר אֶת־הָאִשָּׁ֤ה הַזֹּאת֙ לָקַ֔חְתִּי וָאֶקְרַ֣ב אֵלֶ֔יהָ וְלֹא־מָצָ֥אתִי לָ֖הּ בְּתוּלִֽים׃

15In such a case, the girl's father and mother shall produce the evidence of the girl's virginity before the elders of the town at the gate.

v'-la-KAKH a-VEE ha-na-a-RA v'-i-MAH v'-ho-TZI-u et b'-tu-LEI ha-na-a-RA el ziK-nay ha-iR ha-sha-o-RAH

טווְלָקַ֛ח אֲבִ֥י הַֽנַּעֲרָ֖ וְאִמָּ֑הּ וְהוֹצִ֜יאוּ אֶת־בְּתוּלֵ֧י הַֽנַּעֲרָ֛ אֶל־זִקְנֵ֥י הָעִ֖יר הַשָּֽׁעְרָה׃

16And the girl's father shall say to the elders, “I gave this man my daughter to wife, but he has taken an aversion to her;

v'-a-MAR a-VEE ha-NA-a-RA el ha-z'-ke-NEEM et bi-TEE na-TA-tee la-EESH ha-ZEH l'-i-SHA va-yis-NA-e-ha

טזוְאָמַ֛ר אֲבִ֥י הַֽנַּעֲרָ֖ אֶל־הַזְּקֵנִ֑ים אֶת־בִּתִּ֗י נָתַ֜תִּי לָאִ֥ישׁ הַזֶּ֛ה לְאִשָּׁ֖ה וַיִּשְׂנָאֶֽהָ׃

17so he has made up charges, saying, ‘I did not find your daughter a virgin.' But here is the evidence of my daughter's virginity!” And they shall spread out the cloth before the elders of the town.

v'-hi-NEH-hu SAM a-li-LOT d'-va-REEM lay-MOR: lo ma-TZA-tee l'-vi-t'-KHA b'-tu-LEEM, v'-AY-leh b'-tu-LEI bi-TEE, u-far-SHU ha-sim-LAH lif-NAY ziK-NAY ha-iR

יזוְהִנֵּה־ה֡וּא שָׂם֩ עֲלִילֹ֨ת דְּבָרִ֜ים לֵאמֹ֗ר לֹֽא־מָצָ֤אתִי לְבִתְּךָ֙ בְּתוּלִ֔ים וְאֵ֖לֶּה בְּתוּלֵ֣י בִתִּ֑י וּפָֽרְשׂוּ֙ הַשִּׂמְלָ֔ה לִפְנֵ֖י זִקְנֵ֥י הָעִֽיר׃

18The elders of that town shall then take the man and flog him,

v'-la-K'-khu zik-NAY ha-IR ha-HU et ha-EESH v'-yi-s'-RU o-TO

יחוְלָ֥קְח֛וּ זִקְנֵ֥י הָֽעִיר־הַהִ֖וא אֶת־הָאִ֑ישׁ וְיִסְּר֖וּ אֹתֽוֹ׃

19and they shall fine him a hundred [shekalim of] silver and give it to the girl's father; for the man has defamed a virgin in Yisrael. Moreover, she shall remain his wife; he shall never have the right to divorce her.

v'-a-N'-SHU o-TO may-AH KE-sef v'-na-TE-nu la-a-VEE ha-na-a-RAH, KEE ho-TZI shaym RA al b'-tu-LAT yis-ra-AYL, v'-LO-to-y'-HEH l'-i-SHAH, lo yu-KHAL l'-sha-l'-KHAH kol ya-MAV. (S)

יטוְעָנְשׁ֨וּ אֹת֜וֹ מֵ֣אָה כֶ֗סֶף וְנָתְנוּ֙ לַאֲבִ֣י הַֽנַּעֲרָ֔ה כִּ֤י הוֹצִיא֙ שֵׁ֣ם רָ֔ע עַ֖ל בְּתוּלַ֣ת יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְלֽוֹ־תִהְיֶ֣ה לְאִשָּׁ֔ה לֹא־יוּכַ֥ל לְשַׁלְּחָ֖הּ כׇּל־יָמָֽיו׃

20But if the charge proves true, the girl was found not to have been a virgin,

v'-im e-MET ha-YAH ha-DA-var ha-ZEH lo nim-TZE-u v'-tu-LIM la-na-a-RA

כוְאִם־אֱמֶ֣ת הָיָ֔ה הַדָּבָ֖ר הַזֶּ֑ה לֹא־נִמְצְא֥וּ בְתוּלִ֖ים לַֽנַּעֲרָֽ׃

21then the girl shall be brought out to the entrance of her father's house, and the men of her town shall stone her to death; for she did a shameful thing in Yisrael, committing fornication while under her father's authority. Thus you will sweep away evil from your midst.

v'-ho-tzi-U et ha-na-a-RA el pe-TAKH beit a-VE-ha u-se-KA-lu-HA an-SHAY ee-RAH ba-a-va-NEEM va-ME-ta KEE a-SHAH ne-va-LAH b'-yis-ra-AYL liz-NOT beit a-VE-ha u-vi-a-RTA ha-RA mi-kir-BE-kha. (s)

כאוְהוֹצִ֨יאוּ אֶת־הַֽנַּעֲרָ֜ אֶל־פֶּ֣תַח בֵּית־אָבִ֗יהָ וּסְקָל֩וּהָ֩ אַנְשֵׁ֨י עִירָ֤הּ בָּאֲבָנִים֙ וָמֵ֔תָה כִּֽי־עָשְׂתָ֤ה נְבָלָה֙ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לִזְנ֖וֹת בֵּ֣ית אָבִ֑יהָ וּבִֽעַרְתָּ֥ הָרָ֖ע מִקִּרְבֶּֽךָ׃

22If a man is found lying with another man's wife, both of them—the man and the woman with whom he lay—shall die. Thus you will sweep away evil from Yisrael.

ki-yi-ma-TZE ish sho-KHEV im-i-SHA ve-u-LAT-ba-AL u-ME-tu gam-sh'-NE-hem ha-ISH ha-sho-KHEV im-ha-i-SHA ve-ha-i-SHA u-vi-a-RA-ta ha-RA mi-yis-ra-AYL. (s)

כבכִּֽי־יִמָּצֵ֨א אִ֜ישׁ שֹׁכֵ֣ב ׀ עִם־אִשָּׁ֣ה בְעֻֽלַת־בַּ֗עַל וּמֵ֙תוּ֙ גַּם־שְׁנֵיהֶ֔ם הָאִ֛ישׁ הַשֹּׁכֵ֥ב עִם־הָאִשָּׁ֖ה וְהָאִשָּׁ֑ה וּבִֽעַרְתָּ֥ הָרָ֖ע מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

23In the case of a virgin who is engaged to a man—if a man comes upon her in town and lies with her,

KI yih-YEH na-a-RAH ve-tu-LAH me-o-RA-sah l'-EESH u-m'-TZA-ah EESH ba-EER v'-sha-KHAV i-ME-h

כגכִּ֤י יִהְיֶה֙ נַעֲרָ֣ בְתוּלָ֔ה מְאֹרָשָׂ֖ה לְאִ֑ישׁ וּמְצָאָ֥הּ אִ֛ישׁ בָּעִ֖יר וְשָׁכַ֥ב עִמָּֽהּ׃

24you shall take the two of them out to the gate of that town and stone them to death: the girl because she did not cry for help in the town, and the man because he violated another man's wife. Thus you will sweep away evil from your midst.

v'-ho-tze-TEM et sh'-nay-HEM el sha-AR ha-IR ha-HU u-s'-kal-TEM o-TAM ba-a-va-NEEM va-MAY-tu et ha-NA-ar al d'-VAR a-SHER lo tza-a-KA va-IR v'-et ha-ISH al d'-VAR a-SHER i-NAH et e-SHET ray-E-hu u-vi-a-r'-TA ha-RA mi-ki-r'-BE-kha. (S)

כדוְהוֹצֵאתֶ֨ם אֶת־שְׁנֵיהֶ֜ם אֶל־שַׁ֣עַר ׀ הָעִ֣יר הַהִ֗וא וּסְקַלְתֶּ֨ם אֹתָ֥ם בָּאֲבָנִים֮ וָמֵ֒תוּ֒ אֶת־הַֽנַּעֲרָ֗ עַל־דְּבַר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא־צָעֲקָ֣ה בָעִ֔יר וְאֶ֨ת־הָאִ֔ישׁ עַל־דְּבַ֥ר אֲשֶׁר־עִנָּ֖ה אֶת־אֵ֣שֶׁת רֵעֵ֑הוּ וּבִֽעַרְתָּ֥ הָרָ֖ע מִקִּרְבֶּֽךָ׃

25But if the man comes upon the engaged girl in the open country, and the man lies with her by force, only the man who lay with her shall die,

v'-im-ba-sa-DEH yim-TZA ha-EESH et ha-na-a-RA ha-m'-o-RA-sa, v'-he-khe-ZEEK-ba-HA ha-EESH v'-sha-KHAV i-MAH, u-MAYT ha-EESH a-SHER sha-KHAV i-MAH l'-va-DO.

כהוְֽאִם־בַּשָּׂדֶ֞ה יִמְצָ֣א הָאִ֗ישׁ אֶת־הַֽנַּעֲרָ֙ הַמְאֹ֣רָשָׂ֔ה וְהֶחֱזִֽיק־בָּ֥הּ הָאִ֖ישׁ וְשָׁכַ֣ב עִמָּ֑הּ וּמֵ֗ת הָאִ֛ישׁ אֲשֶׁר־שָׁכַ֥ב עִמָּ֖הּ לְבַדּֽוֹ׃

26but you shall do nothing to the girl. The girl did not incur the death penalty, for this case is like that of a man attacking another and murdering him.

v'-la-na-a-RA lo-ta-a-SEH da-VAR, AYN la-na-a-RA khet, ME-vet, KEE ka-a-SHER ya-KUM eesh al-re-E-hu u-re-TZA-kho NE-fesh, KEN ha-DA-var ha-ZEH.

כווְלַֽנַּעֲרָ֙ לֹא־תַעֲשֶׂ֣ה דָבָ֔ר אֵ֥ין לַֽנַּעֲרָ֖ חֵ֣טְא מָ֑וֶת כִּ֡י כַּאֲשֶׁר֩ יָק֨וּם אִ֤ישׁ עַל־רֵעֵ֙הוּ֙ וּרְצָח֣וֹ נֶ֔פֶשׁ כֵּ֖ן הַדָּבָ֥ר הַזֶּֽה׃

27He came upon her in the open; though the engaged girl cried for help, there was no one to save her.

ki va-SA-deh m'-tza-AH tza-a-KAH ha-na-a-RA ha-m'-o-RA-sah v'-AYN mo-SHEE-a LAH (s)

כזכִּ֥י בַשָּׂדֶ֖ה מְצָאָ֑הּ צָעֲקָ֗ה הַֽנַּעֲרָ֙ הַמְאֹ֣רָשָׂ֔ה וְאֵ֥ין מוֹשִׁ֖יעַ לָֽהּ׃

28If a man comes upon a virgin who is not engaged and he seizes her and lies with her, and they are discovered,

ki-yim-TZA ish na-a-RAH a-SHER lo-o-RA-sa, u-t'-fa-SA, v'-sha-KHAV i-MAH, v'-nim-TZA-u.

כחכִּֽי־יִמְצָ֣א אִ֗ישׁ נַעֲרָ֤ בְתוּלָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא־אֹרָ֔שָׂה וּתְפָשָׂ֖הּ וְשָׁכַ֣ב עִמָּ֑הּ וְנִמְצָֽאוּ׃

29the man who lay with her shall pay the girl's father fifty shekalim of] silver, and she shall be his wife. Because he has violated her, he can never have the right to divorce her.

v'-na-TAN ha-EESH ha-sho-KHEV i-MAH la-a-VEE ha-na-a-RA cha-MI-shim ka-SEF v'-LO to-HE-yeh l'-i-SHA ta-KHAT a-SHER i-NAH l'-LO yu-KHAL sha-le-KHA kol ya-MAV. (s)

כטוְ֠נָתַ֠ן הָאִ֨ישׁ הַשֹּׁכֵ֥ב עִמָּ֛הּ לַאֲבִ֥י הַֽנַּעֲרָ֖ חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים כָּ֑סֶף וְלֽוֹ־תִהְיֶ֣ה לְאִשָּׁ֗ה תַּ֚חַת אֲשֶׁ֣ר עִנָּ֔הּ לֹא־יוּכַ֥ל שַׁלְּחָ֖הּ כׇּל־יָמָֽיו׃