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Parashat Ki Teitzei

Deuteronomy 21:10 to 25:19, 110 verses. Next read on Shabbat, September 11, 2027.

Updated September 24, 2026

כִּי־תֵצֵא

Book
Deuteronomy
Reading
21:10 to 25:19
Verses
110
Position
49 of 54

Opening verse

כִּי־תֵצֵא לַמִּלְחָמָה עַל־אֹיְבֶיךָ וּנְתָנוֹ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בְּיָדֶךָ וְשָׁבִיתָ שִׁבְיוֹ׃

When thou goest forth to battle against thine enemies, and the LORD thy God delivereth them into thy hands, and thou carriest them away captive,

Deuteronomy 21:10

Read the full text from the start of the portion: Deuteronomy 21 in Hebrew and English.

Summary

Ki Teitzei contains more commandments than any other portion, seventy-four by the traditional count, most of them about ordinary life. The captive woman in war, the rights of the firstborn, the rebellious son, burial on the day of death. Return a lost animal or garment to its owner; help lift a fallen donkey. Send away the mother bird before taking her eggs. Build a parapet on your roof. Do not mix wool and linen. Marriage, divorce, the widow of a childless man, kidnapping, collateral for loans, paying a worker before sunset, leaving forgotten sheaves for the poor, honest weights and measures. It ends with the command to remember what Amalek did on the road out of Egypt.

Key moments

  • Returning lost property (22:1 to 22:4)
  • The mother bird (22:6 to 22:7)
  • Honest weights, and remembering Amalek (25:13 to 25:19)

When is Ki Teitzei read?

Upcoming Shabbat readings in the Diaspora calendar:

  • Saturday, September 11, 2027
  • Saturday, September 2, 2028
  • Saturday, August 25, 2029

In some years this portion is read together with its neighbor as a double portion. The dates above include those weeks.