- What action is called for in connection with finding a lost domestic animal?
- What responsibility is there in the event that this animal cannot be returned to its owner promptly?
- Is this ruling only for living creatures or does it obtain for other property as well (Deuteronomy 22:3)?
- Is it incumbent upon an Israelite to help another in connection with some mishap (Deuteronomy 22:4)?
- Why would the text legislate that a man is not to wear a woman’s garment or a woman to wear a man’s garment (that is, a garment which conceals the gender of the individual and is not merely “style”)—and why is this considered as execrable?
- Does this sequence of rulings seem to have some commonality or do they appear to be happenstancial?
- What is the overarching principle evidenced in Deuteronomy 22:6-7 as to conduct with animals and the like?
- And, what is the result for the individual who adheres to and practices this principle?
- Do Deuteronomy 22:9-11 have any commonality—specifically, do they prohibit the mixing of species?
- In biblical vernacular, Hamor is considered a Canaanite and Shor, an Israelite; is there a message here beyond the matter of ploughing?
- 1How are the “gedilim” in Deuteronomy 22:12 different from the tzitzit previously legislated?
- With Deuteronomy 22:13, the text turns to marital relationships and describes what type of situation?
- What is the ruling of the court for one who has maligned his wife by indicating that she was not a virgin when he married her?
- Does the text make it clear, then, that virginity at marriage is expected?
- Finally, according to Deuteronomy 22:19, can this man ever divorce his wife?
- On the other hand, according to Deuteronomy 22:20, what becomes of the woman in the event that, indeed, the allegation was true and she was not a virgin?
- Further in connection with “inter-personal sexual relations,” what does Deuteronomy 22:22 rule in connection with a man (other than her husband) who has intercourse with a married woman – and what is to be the lot of the woman?
- And, for any engaged girl is the situation the same?
- On the other hand, if the intercourse took place “in the field” (that is, in an isolated area), what is the ruling for the man and what is the ruling for the woman; and what is the assumption where the latter is concerned?
- In Deuteronomy 22:28-29, what is the ruling if one has intercourse with an unmarried woman who is also not engaged?
- And what is the responsibility of the man who engaged in such conduct?
