Va’eschanan 6:7 · unit 3

TT #36 · Parashas Va’eschanan · Passuk 6:7

The Complete Passuk

וְשִׁנַּנְתָּ֣ם לְבָנֶ֔יךָ וְדִבַּרְתָּ֖ בָּ֑ם בְּשִׁבְתְּךָ֤ בְּבֵיתֶ֙ךָ֙ וּבְלֶכְתְּךָ֣ בַדֶּ֔רֶךְ וּֽבְשׇׁכְבְּךָ֖ וּבְקוּמֶֽךָ׃

…and you shall speak of them when you sit in your house…

Chabad.org — 6:7

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Yoma 19b (Rava: one who engages in idle talk violates a positive commandment derived from “vedibarta bam”).

Sefaria — Yoma 19b

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
אָמַר רָבָא: הַשָּׂח שִׂיחַת חֻלִּין עוֹבֵר בַּעֲשֵׂה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר וְדִבַּרְתָּ בָּם — בָּם וְלֹא בִּדְבָרִים אֲחֵרִים.

English: Rava said: One who engages in idle conversation violates a positive commandment, as it is said “and you shall speak of them” — of them, and not of other matters.

On the daf / in context: The restrictive reading of “bam” turns the obligation to speak of Torah into a prohibition of purely secular chatter (in the relevant contexts of the verse).

Type of Learning

Diyuk of “vedibarta bam” — “of them” and not of other things.

What Is Learned

Idle talk violates the positive commandment “and you shall speak of them”; speech should be devoted to the words of Torah.