1)

Why does the Torah give the girl such a lengthy description "Na'arah Besulah Me'orasah"?

1.

Sanhedrin, 66b: "Na'arah" - 've'Lo Bogeres'; "Besulah" - 've'Lo Be'ulah'; "Me'orasah" - 've'Lo Nesu'ah'. If the girl is a Bogeres, 1 a Be'ulah 2 (not a virgin) or married, or where her father has handed her over to the Sheluchei ha'Ba'al 3 she is not subject to stoning.

1

Six months after she develops signs that she is a Na'arah.

2

Rashi (in Kidushin, 9): Because a Be'ulah is Chayav Chenek like a married women (as is a Bogeres - even if she was a Na'arah at the time of intimacy - Kesuvos 45a).

3

See Torah Temimah, note

2)

What are the implications of the phrase "u'Metza'ah Ish ba'Ir"?

1.

Rashi: It implies that the incident would not have taken place 1 had the girl been at home. 2

1

Rashi: In keeping with the saying "The hole invites the mouse!'

2

Refer to Bereishis, 18:9:1:2 and see Mishlei, 45:14.

3)

What are the connotations of "Ve'shachav imah"?

1.

Sifri: It means not just that he lay with her but that he was intimate with her - 'things that are connected with lying with a woman'.

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