Va’eschanan 5:16 · unit 1

TT #39 · Parashas Va’eschanan · Passuk 5:16

The Complete Passuk

כַּבֵּ֤ד אֶת־אָבִ֙יךָ֙ וְאֶת־אִמֶּ֔ךָ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוְּךָ֖ יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ לְמַ֣עַן ׀ יַאֲרִיכֻ֣ן יָמֶ֗יךָ וּלְמַ֙עַן֙ יִ֣יטַב לָ֔ךְ עַ֚ל הָאֲדָמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ נֹתֵ֥ן לָֽךְ׃

Honor your father and your mother, as Hashem your God commanded you, so that your days may be long and so that it may go well with you on the land that Hashem your God is giving you.

Chabad.org — 5:16

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sanhedrin 56b (the commandment of honoring parents was already given at Marah — “ka’asher tzivcha”).

Sefaria — Sanhedrin 56b

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
תַּנְיָא: מִצְוַת כִּבּוּד אָב וָאֵם בְּמָרָה נִצְטַוּוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל, דִּכְתִיב בָּהּ כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוְּךָ ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ, וְאָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה אָמַר רַב: כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוְּךָ — בְּמָרָה.

English: It was taught: The commandment of honoring father and mother was given to Israel at Marah, as it is written concerning it “as Hashem your God commanded you,” and Rav Yehudah said in the name of Rav: “as He commanded you” — at Marah.

On the daf / in context: The phrase “ka’asher tzivcha” that appears in the second set of the Dibros is taken as a reference to the earlier revelation of this mitzvah at Marah.

Type of Learning

Diyuk of “ka’asher tzivcha” as pointing back to the command given at Marah.

What Is Learned

Honoring parents was already obligatory from Marah; the Dibros restate a prior commandment.