1)

What is the connection between the current Parshah and the previous one?

1.

Seforno: It teaches us that, even though the Yevamah is commanded to shame the Yavam who did not have compassion on her husband, she is not allowed to shame someone who is fighting with her husband. 1


1

See also Ba'al ha'Turim.

2)

Why does the Torah insert "Ki Yinatzu Anashim"?

1.

Rashi: To teach us that if two people enter into a quarrel, they will end up striking each other - because Shalom does not come from quarrels.

3)

Why does the Torah insert the (otherwise superfluous) word "Yachdav"?

1.

Sifri: To teach us that 'Anashim" is La'av Davka, and that the same Din will apply if women are fighing or if a man and a woman are fighting.

4)

Why does the Torah then add "Ish ve'Achiv"?

1.

Bava Kama 88a: To incorporate where Avadim in the Din of Boshes - since he is subject to Mizvos. 1

2.

Oznayim la'Torah: Because it is specifically brother, who know each other's secrets, who come to blows. 2


1

See Torah Temimah, note 175.

2

See Oznayim la'Torah.

5)

What are the implications of " ve'Karvah Eishes ha'Echad"?

1.

Yerushalmi, Bava Kama, 8:3: It implies that if the wife of the second man emulates the wife of the man in the Pasuk, she is precluded from "ve'Katzosah es Kapah". 1


1

See Torah Temimah, note 176.

6)

What are the implications of the dual expressions "ve'Shalchah Yadah v'Hichzikah"?

1.

Bava Kama, 27a: It implies that the woman is only liable for Boshes if she intended to wound the man, even though she did not inend to embarrass him. 1

2.

Bava Kama, 28a: It implies that if a Shali'ach Beis-Din causes embarrassment to a litigant who refuses to appear in Beis-Din he is not obligated to paty Boshes. 2

3.

Yerrushalmi Bava Kama, 8:3: If one did not even intend to wound, one is Chayav Nezek but not (Ripuy, Sheves or) Boshes - where one falls off a roof via a regular wind. 3

4.

Sifri: It teaches us that "bi'Mevushav" is La'av Davka, and that the Din applies regarrding any way that the woman intended to wound him and to embarrass him. 4


1

Torah Temimah, citing Bava Kama, 28a: If there is no other ways of saving her husband, then her hand adopts the Din of a Shali'ach Beis-Din, and she is Patur. See also Torah Temimah, note 182..

2

See Torah Temimah, note 177.

3

See Torah Temimah, note 179, who elaborates.

4

See ha'Torah ve'ha'Mitzvah.

7)

What is "bi'Mevushav"?

1.

Rosh: They are his testicles - 'a location of shame'.

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