Tanach
Devarim 22:20-21 דברים כ״ב:כ׳-כ״א
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וְאִם־אֱמֶת הָיָה הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה לֹא־נִמְצְאוּ בְתוּלִים לַֽנַּעֲרָֽ׃
However, if the allegation is true; signs of the girl’s virginity were not found.
However, if the allegation is true; signs of the girl’s virginity were not found.
Rashi
וְהוֹצִיאוּ אֶת־הַֽנַּעֲרָ אֶל־פֶּתַח בֵּית־אָבִיהָ וּסְקָלוּהָ אַנְשֵׁי עִירָהּ בָּאֲבָנִים וָמֵתָה כִּֽי־עָשְׂתָה נְבָלָה בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל לִזְנוֹת בֵּית אָבִיהָ וּבִֽעַרְתָּ הָרָע מִקִּרְבֶּֽךָ׃ {ס}
They are to take the girl out to the entrance of her father’s home and the people of her city will stone her with stones to death, because she committed a disgraceful act against Yisroel by behaving promiscuously [in] her father’s house; and you will eliminate the evil within you.
They are to take the girl out to the entrance of her father’s home and the people of her city will stone her with stones to death, because she committed a disgraceful act against Yisroel by behaving promiscuously [in] her father’s house; and you will eliminate the evil within you.
Rashi
אל פתח בית אביה. רְאוּ גִּדּוּלִים שֶׁגִּדַּלְתֶּם (שם מ"ה):
To the entrance of her father’s home. Look at the branch you nurtured.
אנשי עירה. בְּמַעֲמַד כָּל אַנְשֵׁי עִירָהּ (ספרי):
The people of her city. In the presence of all the people of her city.
לזנות בית אביה. כְּמוֹ בְּבֵית אָבִיהָ:
Behaving promiscuously [in] her father’s house. As if it had said “in” her father’s house.
ואם אמת היה הדבר. בְּעֵדִים וְהַתְרָאָה, שֶׁזִּנְּתָה לְאַחַר אֵרוּסִין (כתובות מ"ד):
However, if the allegation is true. Through witnesses, and with a pre-warning, that she committed adultery after her אֵירוּסִין — marriage.