Va’eschanan 5:1 · unit 1

TT #18 · Parashas Va’eschanan · Third Aliyah · Passuk 5:1

The Complete Passuk

וַיִּקְרָ֣א מֹשֶׁה֮ אֶל־כׇּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֗ם שְׁמַ֤ע יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֶת־הַחֻקִּ֣ים וְאֶת־הַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֧ר אָנֹכִ֛י דֹּבֵ֥ר בְּאׇזְנֵיכֶ֖ם הַיּ֑וֹם וּלְמַדְתֶּ֣ם אֹתָ֔ם וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֖ם לַעֲשֹׂתָֽם׃

Moshe called to all Israel and said to them: Hear, O Israel, the statutes and the judgments that I speak in your ears today, and you shall learn them and take care to do them.

Chabad.org — 5:1

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Yevamos 109b (R’ Yose: one who says “I have only Torah” does not even have Torah).

Sefaria — Yevamos 109b

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
תַּנְיָא, אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹסֵי: כָּל הָאוֹמֵר אֵין לוֹ אֶלָּא תּוֹרָה — אֲפִלּוּ תּוֹרָה אֵין לוֹ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר וּלְמַדְתֶּם לַעֲשֹׂתָם — כָּל שֶׁיֶּשְׁנוֹ בַּעֲשִׂיָּה יֶשְׁנוֹ בְּלִמּוּד, וְכָל שֶׁאֵינוֹ בַּעֲשִׂיָּה אֵינוֹ בְּלִמּוּד.

English: It was taught, R’ Yose said: Anyone who says “I have only Torah” — he does not even have Torah, as it is said “and you shall learn them to do them.” Whoever is involved in doing is involved in learning; whoever is not involved in doing is not involved in learning.

On the daf / in context: Study that is divorced from practice is incomplete; the verse links limud directly to asiyah.

Type of Learning

Diyuk of “ulmadetem… la’asosam” equating study with action.

What Is Learned

Torah study that is not oriented toward fulfillment of the mitzvos is not true Torah study; learning and doing are inseparable.