Naso 5:2 · unit 1 — send from the camp

Parashas Naso

The Complete Passuk

צַ֚ו אֶת־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וִֽישַׁלְּחוּ֙ מִן־הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה כׇּל־צָר֖וּעַ וְכׇל־זָ֑ב וְכֹ֖ל טָמֵ֥א לָנָֽפֶשׁ׃

Instruct the Israelites to remove from camp anyone with an eruption or a dischargeaan eruption or a discharge See Leviticus chapters 13 and 15, respectively. and anyone defiled by a corpse.

Chabad.org — 5:2

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to R’ Yosei — TT / related (verified).

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text

וישלחו מן המחנה — תניא, רבי יוסי אומר: לא מקומו של אדם מכבד את האדם אלא האדם מכבד את מקומו.

English: “And they shall send from the camp” — it was taught: R’ Yosei says: It is not a person’s place that honors him, but the person who honors his place.

On the daf / in context: The midrash uses the expulsion of the impure from the camp to teach that dignity attaches to the person who respects the sanctity of the place.

Type of Learning

Custom

What Is Learned

Chazal teach that a person confers honor on a place by treating it with reverence, not the reverse.

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