Ki Savo 27:18

Parashas Ki Savo · Passuk from filename

The Complete Passuk

אָרוּר מַשְׁגֶּה עִוֵּר בַּדֶּרֶךְ וְאָמַר כָּל הָעָם אָמֵן

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Source Citation

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Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
אָרוּר מַשְׁגֶּה עִוֵּר בַּדֶּרֶךְ – הַסּוּמָא בַּדָּבָר וּמַשִּׂיאוֹ עֵצָה רָעָה

English: “Cursed be one who misleads a blind person on the way” — one who is blind (inexperienced) in a matter and to whom one gives bad advice.

The classical source expands or derives a specific point from the language of the passuk. The Core Text above is the relevant region of interest.

Type of Learning

Custom (An expansive reading of “ivver” that includes any person lacking knowledge in a particular area, so that giving harmful counsel is itself a form of the prohibited act.)

What Is Learned

The prohibition is not limited to physical blindness. Anyone who is “blind” to the consequences of a decision must not be deliberately misled. The public Amen therefore commits every member of the nation never to exploit another’s ignorance.