Shemos 4:31 · unit 1 — the people believed

Parashas Shemos

The Complete Passuk

וַֽיַּאֲמֵ֖ן הָעָ֑ם וַֽיִּשְׁמְע֡וּ כִּֽי־פָקַ֨ד יְהֹוָ֜ה אֶת־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וְכִ֤י רָאָה֙ אֶת־עׇנְיָ֔ם וַֽיִּקְּד֖וּ וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוֽוּ׃

Chabad.org — 4:31

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Shabbos 97a (verified).

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text

ויאמן העם — מכאן שישראל מאמינים הם.

English: “And the people believed” — from here [we learn] that Israel are believers.

On the daf / in context: The verse is cited to establish the innate readiness of Israel to believe, in contrast to Moshe’s earlier fear that they would not.

Type of Learning

Custom

What Is Learned

Chazal take the people’s immediate belief as evidence of Israel’s character as a believing nation.

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