Taryag Weekly
KI SEITZEI: 110 Pesukim • 27 Obligations • 47 Prohibitions
1-3) Keep the laws of a captured Yefas To’ar. Do not sell her or use her as a maidservant. 4-5) Hang the corpse of an executed blasphemer and worshiper of avodah zarah, but do not leave it there past nightfall. 6) Bury all executed sinners the same day. 7-8) Return lost items; do not look away from returning them. 9-10) Help your fellow load and unload his animal; do not ignore him. 11-12) A man or woman may not wear clothing designed for the other gender. 13-14) Do not take a mother bird together with her eggs or chicks. Instead send away the mother first. 15-16) Place a gate around your rooftop; remove hazards from your property. 17-18) Do not plant kil’ayim (mixture of seeds) nor benefit from it. 19) Do not plow with two different animal species together. 20) Do not wear shatnez.
21) Acquire a wife through kiddushin. 22-23) A Motzi Sheim Ra on his wife must retain her as a wife; he may not divorce her. 24) Beis Din shall mete out the death penalty of stoning. 25) Do not convict an involuntary sinner. 26-27) A M’aneis must marry his victim and pay a fine; he may not divorce her. 28) A Jewish-born woman may not marry a Petzuah Dakah or C’rus Shofchah. 29) Do not marry a Mamzer or Mamzeres. 30) A woman may not marry a male descendant of Amon and Moav. 31) Do not forge peace with Amon and Moav. 32-33) Do not distance yourself from third generation descendants of Edom or Mitzrayim. 34) A tamei with tumas haguf may not enter Machane Levi. 35-36) An area should be set aside outside the encampment for relieving oneself and each person should have a tool to bury the waste. 37-38) Do not return a runaway servant who has escaped to Eretz Yisrael, or even speak harshly to him. 39) Do not have marital relations without kiddushin and nisu’in. 40) Do not sacrifice an animal that was once traded for a dog, or which was remitted as payment to a harlot.
41-42) Do not collect interest from a Jew. However, do approach a non-Jew for collection. 43-44) Do not delay fulfilling vows; fulfill all promises. 45-47) A worker may eat from the produce with which he is working. Though he may not eat more than his fill. 48) Divorce by way of giving a get. 49) Do not remarry your divorced wife after she has married another man (and was divorced or widowed from him). 50-51) A Chassan should not take a leave (unexcused) from his wife during the first year of marriage; he should remain in close proximity to her. 52) Do not take food preparation items as collateral. 53) Do not remove Tzara’as signs from the body. 54-56) Do not grab collateral from a debtor. Collateral should be returned as needed, do not withhold it. 57) Pay a worker the same day. 58) Do not accept testimony from a relative. 59) Do not deviate from true justice even to benefit orphans. 60) Do not take collateral from a widow. 61-62) Leave forgotten bundles in the field and do not retrieve them. 63-64) Beis Din shall mete out the malkos punishment, but not more than lashes assessed to him. 65) Do not work a muzzled animal in a field. 66-68) A yevamah may not marry anyone else; her late husband's brother shall marry her or perform Chalitzah to release her. 69-70) Save a life that is being threatened even by killing the pursuer; have no mercy on the pursuer. 71) Do not own inaccurate scales and measurements. 72-74) Remember Amalek and destroy all of their descendants; never forget their attack.
