Ki Teitzei: Introduction/Summary
Ki Teitzei / פרשת כי־תצא ("") is the first word of this Torah Portion.
Ki Teitzei, Ki Tetzei, Ki Tetse, Ki Thetze, Ki Tese, Ki Tetzey, or Ki Seitzei (כִּי־תֵצֵא — Hebrew for "when you go," the first words in the parashah) is the 49th weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the sixth in the Book of Deuteronomy. It constitutes Deuteronomy 21:10–25:19. The parashah sets out a series of miscellaneous laws, mostly governing civil and domestic life, including ordinances regarding a beautiful captive of war, inheritance among the sons of two wives, a wayward son, the corpse of an executed person, found property, coming upon another in distress, rooftop safety, prohibited mixtures, sexual offenses, membership in the congregation, camp hygiene, runaway slaves, prostitution, usury, vows, gleaning, kidnapping, repossession, prompt payment of wages, vicarious liability, flogging, treatment of domestic animals, levirate marriage (יִבּוּם, yibbum), weights and measures, and wiping out the memory of Amalek.
The text is Deuteronomy 21:10 - 25:19.
Ki Teitzei: Text
English Language Translations
- Oremus.org (NRSV)
- Sefaria.org (JPS 1985)
- Academic-Bible.com (NETBible Translation)
- BlueLetterBible.org (NASB and other translations)
Hebrew Texts
Ki Teitzei: Commentaries
Liturgical Resources
Jewish
Ki Teitzei: Shabbat Dates (in the disaspora, as listed by Hebcal)
- 02 September 2017
- 25 August 2018
- 14 September 2019
- 29 August 2020
- 21 August 2021
- 10 September 2022
- 26 August 2023
- 14 September 2024
- 06 September 2025
- 22 August 2026
- 11 September 2027
- 02 September 2028
- 25 August 2029
- 07 September 2030
Other Jewish Liturgical Resources
Christian
Portions of the text of Shemot are found in the following Christian liturgies:
- Revised Common Lectionary and United Methodist Lectionary
- Episcopal Lectionary
- Roman Catholic Lectionary
- Lutheran Lectionary