Why does the Torah juxtapose 'Riv' to the Din of Leket?
Ba'al ha'Turim: Because it i ommon for Aniyim to squabble over Leket
Why does the Torah insert "Ki Yih'yeh Riv"?
Rashi: What begins with a quarrel, ends in Beis-Din. This teaches us that Shalom does not come out of quarrels. 1
See Torah Temimah, note 1.
Why does the Torah inset the (otherwise superfluous) phrase "Venigshu el ha'Mishpat"?
Is everyone who is found guilty in Beis-Din (of a La'av or an Asei) subject to Malkos?
Rashi: "Im Bin Hakos ha'Rasha" (in Pasuk 2) implies that it is only sometimes - where he transgressed a La'av that is not Nitak la'Asei (rectifiable by performing an Asei) 1 - that he is Chayav Malkos.
Refer to 24:5:153:1.
What are the implications of the word "u'Shefatum"?
Sanhedrin, 10a: It implies that two Dayanim are required to adjudicate - and based on the principle that a Beis-Din can never comprise an even number of judges, three are required. 1
What are the implications of "Vehitzdiku es ha'Tzadik"?
Refer to 25:1:3:1.
Sifri: It implies that Beis-Din do their utmost to find a point in the defendent's favor to prevent him from receiving Malkos 1 .
See Torah Temimah, note 7.
What are the implications of "Vehirshi'u es ha'Rasha"? Why does the Torah insert it?
Refer to 25:1:3:1.
Sanhedrin, 33b: The Torah inserts it in order to learn, via a Gezeirah Shavah "Rasha" "? Asher Hu Rasha La'mus" - in Bamidbar 35:31 - that, in cases of Malkos, like by Misah, 1 if the defendant is declared guilty, and, as he is being taken to receive Malkos, someone finds a point in his favor, he is returned to Beis-Din, whereas if he is declared innocent and, as he is leaving the court, someone finds finds a point that would render him guilty, it is forbidden to call him back.
Makos, 5a: See answer 2: Based on the same Gezeirah Shavah, we learn that, just as Misah cannot be divided into two, and each witness is sentenced to death, so too, if for example, there are three witnesses, each witness receive thirty-nine Malkos, and not thirteen each. 2
What is the connection between Malkos (in Pasuk 2) which one receives for transgressing a La'av, and a quarrel between two people, and what is the significance of "Vehitzdiku es ha'Tzadik"?
Ramban (citing Makos, 2b): The Torah is teaching us the Din of Eidim Zomemin, where two witnesses testify against Shimon, and a second pair of witnesses disprove them 1 , vindicating Shimon ("Vehitzdiku es ha'Tzadik") and proving that the first witnesses are guilty ("Vehirshi'u es ha'Rasha"). 2
Sifri: "Vehitzdiku es ha'Tzadik" denotes a Mitzvah to try and save the defendant from Malkos. 3