| When you go out to war against your enemies, and G-d puts them within our hands, and you take captives, | Ki teitze lamilchama al oyvecha, venatno h’ el-keicha beyadecha, vashavita shivyo, | כִּי־תֵצֵא לַמִּלְחָמָה עַל־אֹיְבֶיךָ וּנְתָנוֹ ה’ אֱ-לֹהֶיךָ בְּיָדֶךָ וְשָׁבִיתָ שִׁבְיוֹ׃ |
Torah Thoughts
Parashat Ki Teitze focuses on keeping your word, kindness, and not abusing power: returning found belongings (even if no one would know if you kept it), not allowing a mother bird to see you take her eggs or young (to avoid causing her emotional distress), a shopkeeper’s obligation to make sure his scales are absolutely correct (so as not to cheat customers), and not to yoke two different animals to a plow (causing both to suffer), and helping your fellow raise a fallen animal.
Helping your Fellow Raise a Fallen Animal
(originally posed on Parashat Mishpatim)
Other snacks you can make tied to the week’s parsha:
Deut. 23:24 You must fulfill what has crossed your lips and perform what you have voluntarily vowed to your God, having made the promise with your own mouth. See Matot.
