1)

Why does the Torah juxtapose "Ki Yih'yeh le'Ish" to 'Y'fas To'ar'?

1.

Sanhedrin, 107a: Refer to 21:15:1:1 and Torah Temimah, note 91.

2)

What are the implications of "Ki Yih'yeh le'Ish ben Sorer u'Moreh"?

1.

Bava Basra, 126b: It implies that he must be known to be a male from birth 1 - to preclude a Tumtum, who tore open after birth and was discovered to be a male, who is not subject to the Din of ben Sorer u'Moreh.

2.

Oznayim la'Torah: "le'Ish ben ? ". Even though the Ben Sorer u'Moreh sins against his mother too, as the Pasuk specifically states, the Torah attributes the rebellion to the father, since he is the one who is obligated to educate his son.


1

See Torah Temimah, note 133. Oznayim la'Torah: Despite the fact that once he marries her, the Y'fas Toar becomes a full-fledged Jewess - See Oznayim la'Torah DH 'Ben Sorer u'Moreh', because when he was intimate with her, she was a Giyores who was converting against her will. This teaches us the extent of influence that parents have over the future child during intimacy.

3)

What is the exact translation of "Ben Sorer u'Moreh"?

1.

Rashi: 'A son who has strayed from the path [of Torah] and who refuses to obey 1 his father (and his mother)'.


1

Rashi: It is an expression of "Mamrim" - 'rebels'.

4)

What is the age of a Ben Sorer u'Moreh?

1.

Sanhedrin, 69a: It is during the three months after becoming Bar-Mitzvah (after thirteen years 1 and two pubic hairs. 2


1

See Torah Temimah, note 135.

2

Ramban (ibid.): Since a minor is not punishable, and is exempt from all Mitzvos.

5)

What are the connotations of "Einenu Shome'a be'Kol Aviv ... "?

1.

Sifri: We learn from "Zolel ve'Sovei", in Pasuk 20, that "Einenu Shome'a" is restricted to gluttony. 1


1

See Torah Temimah, citing the Sifri

6)

Since "Ish" implies that the Ben Sorer u'Moreh is over Bar-Mitzvah, why does the Torah insert the word "Ben"?

1.

Sanhedrin, 68b: To preclude a. a daughter, 1 and b. a man. 2


1

See Torah Temimah, note 136.

2

Refer to 21:118:2:2.

7)

What is the meaning of "Ve'yisru oso"?

1.

Rashi: It means that they warn him in front of two witnesses and he receives Malkos 1 at the hand of three Dayanim. 2


1

Sanhedrin, 71b: Which we learn from a Gezeirah Shavah "Ben" from "Vahayah im Bin Hakos ha'Rasha", later in the Parshah 25:2.

2

See Sifsei Chachamim.

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