Parshas Ki Seitzei for Kids
פרשת כי תצא
More mitzvos than any other parsha - returning a lost object, sending away the mother bird, building a fence around a roof, honest weights, and remembering what Amalek did.
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What happens in Parshas Ki Seitzei
Ki Seitzei has more mitzvos than any other parsha, seventy four in all according to the Sefer HaChinuch. Many of them are about kindness in everyday life. If you find something someone lost, you must return it. If you see a neighbor's donkey fallen under its load, you must help lift it. If you find a bird sitting on her nest, you send the mother bird away before taking the eggs, and the Torah promises long life for this mitzvah. When you build a house, you put a fence around the roof so no one will fall.
The Torah also commands paying a worker on the very same day, not muzzling an ox while it works in the field, wearing tzitzis, and keeping honest weights and measures in every store. The parsha ends with the mitzvah to remember what Amalek did to Bnei Yisrael on the way out of Mitzrayim, attacking the weakest people at the back.
Lessons and middos for children
Returning what is lost
Hashavas aveidah means giving back what someone lost. We can look for the owner of anything we find.Keeping others safe
A fence around the roof keeps people from getting hurt. We can put toys away and close gates so no one trips or falls.Honest in everything
The Torah wants honest weights in every store. We can be truthful when we trade, share, or keep score in a game.
Questions for the Shabbos table
- What should you do if you find something that belongs to someone else?
- Why do you think the Torah asks us to send away the mother bird first?
- Why must a worker be paid on the same day?
- What is one thing in our home we can make safer, like a fence on a roof?
How your child steps into the story
Your child helps a neighbor find the owner of a lost sheep and watches a family build a fence around their new roof, learning the mitzvos as they happen. The book ends with the people looking ahead to bringing bikkurim in Parshas Ki Savo.