Derasha 1 on Lech Lecha 14:20

TT #1 · Parashas Lech Lecha · Fourth Aliyah · Passuk 14:20

Complete Passuk

וּבָרוּךְ֙ אֵ֣ל עֶלְי֔וֹן אֲשֶׁר־מִגֵּ֥ן צָרֶ֖יךָ בְּיָדֶ֑ךָ וַיִּתֶּן־ל֥וֹ מַעֲשֵׂ֖ר מִכֹּֽל׃

And blessed be God Most High, who delivered your foes into your hand. And he gave him a tenth of everything.

Chabad / Judaica Press

Source Citation

TT cross-references the tithe laws in Re’eh (Devarim); the verse is the narrative prototype of giving a tenth.

Core Text

Core Text וַיִּתֵּן לוֹ מַעֲשֵׂר — עַיֵּן מַה שֶּׁכָּתַבְתִּי בְּסֵפֶר דְּבָרִים בְּפָרָשַׁת רְאֵה בְּפָסוּק עַשֵּׂר תְּעַשֵּׂר.
English of Core Text: “And he gave him a tenth” — see what is written in Devarim, parashat Re’eh, on the verse “You shall surely tithe.”
On the daf / in context: Avraham’s gift of a tenth to Malki-Tzedek is the earliest narrative instance of ma’aser and is linked by TT to the later legal development of the tithe.

Type of Learning

Custom

What Is Learned

The first explicit tithe in the Torah is Avraham’s gift after the victory.