Noach 8:21 · unit 4

TT #43 · Parashas Noach · Third Aliyah · Passuk 8:21

The Complete Passuk

…רַ֖ע מִנְּעֻרָ֑יו…

…evil from his youth…

Chabad.org — 8:21

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to R’ Yudan (defective spelling of mi-ne’urav).

Sefaria — context

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
רַע מִנְּעֻרָיו — אָמַר רַבִּי יוּדָן: מִנְּעֻרָיו חָסֵר כְּתִיב, מִשָּׁעָה שֶׁהוּא נִנְעָר וְיוֹצֵא לָעוֹלָם.

English: “Evil from his youth” — R’ Yudan said: “Mi-ne’urav” is written defectively, [meaning] from the moment he is stirred and emerges into the world.

Type of Learning

Custom (defective spelling indicating the yetzer is present from birth / early stirring).

What Is Learned

The yetzer is present from the earliest stirring of life; practical implications include distancing from a child’s waste once he can eat a kezayit of grain.