EXTRA · Supplementary classical material not numbered by Torah Temimah under this exact passuk.

Va’eschanan 4:35 · EXTRA 1

EXTRA · Parashas Va’eschanan · Passuk 4:35

The Complete Passuk

אַתָּה֙ הׇרְאֵ֣תָ לָדַ֔עַת כִּ֥י יְהֹוָ֖ה ה֣וּא הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים אֵ֥ין ע֖וֹד מִלְּבַדּֽוֹ׃

You have been shown to know that Hashem is God; there is none else besides Him.

Source Citation

Rashi (citing classical tradition) and midrashim: at the Giving of the Torah the heavens were opened so that Israel saw there is no other power.

Sefaria — Rashi on 4:35

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
אַתָּה הָרְאֵתָ לָדַעַת — כְּשֶׁנָּתַן הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא אֶת הַתּוֹרָה פָּתַח לָהֶם שִׁבְעָה רְקִיעִים, וּכְשֵׁם שֶׁקָּרַע אֶת הָעֶלְיוֹנִים כָּךְ קָרַע אֶת הַתַּחְתּוֹנִים, וְרָאוּ שֶׁהוּא יְחִידִי.

English: “You have been shown to know” — when the Holy One, blessed be He, gave the Torah He opened for them seven firmaments; just as He split the upper realms so He split the lower, and they saw that He alone is One.

In context: The uniqueness of the Sinai event is not only auditory but also a momentary unveiling of the cosmos that leaves no room for any other deity.

Type of Learning

Custom (aggadic expansion of “atah horeita”).

What Is Learned

Israel was shown, not merely told, that Hashem alone is God; the revelation left no possibility of another power.