Derasha on Bamidbar 35:22 · TT unit 1

Parashas Masei · Passuk 35:22 · TT note 1

The Complete Passuk

וְאִם־בְּפֶ֥תַע בְּלֹא־אֵיבָ֖ה הֲדָפ֑וֹ אֽוֹ־הִשְׁלִ֥יךְ עָלָ֛יו כָּל־כְּלִ֖י בְּלֹ֥א צְדִיָּֽה׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Makkos 7b (TT note on “בְּפֶתַע בְּלֹא אֵיבָה”).

E-Daf — Makkos 7b · Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Makkos 7b
תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן, וְאִם בְּפֶתַע — פְּרָט לְקֶרֶן זָוִית, בְּלֹא אֵיבָה — פְּרָט לְשׂוֹנֵא.

English: Our Rabbis taught: “And if suddenly” — excluding a street-corner [where one should have looked]; “without enmity” — excluding one who hated [the victim].

Type of Learning

Exclusions from the unintentional-homicide category that still require exile.

What Is Learned

A killer at a blind corner is not treated as pure shogeg; a known enemy is likewise excluded from the “without enmity” clause.