Eikev 8:9 · unit 1

Parashas Eikev · Passuk 8:9

The Complete Passuk

אֶ֗רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֨ר לֹ֤א בְמִסְכֵּנֻת֙ תֹּֽאכַל־בָּ֣הּ לֶ֔חֶם לֹֽא־תֶחְסַ֥ר כֹּ֖ל בָּ֑הּ אֶ֚רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֲבָנֶ֣יהָ בַרְזֶ֔ל וּמֵהֲרָרֶ֖יהָ תַּחְצֹ֥ב נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃

a land where you may eat food without stint, where you will lack nothing; a land whose rocks are iron and from whose hills you can mine copper.

Chabad / Judaica Press

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Berakhot 36b.

TT lemma: לא תחסר כל בה (unit 1 of 2).

Sefaria — Berakhot 36b

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
לא תחסר כל בה. מלמד שאין ארץ ישראל חסרה כלום

English: “You will lack nothing in it” — this teaches that the Land of Israel lacks nothing.

On the daf / in context: Berakhot 36b.

Type of Learning

Custom (praise of the Land)

What Is Learned

The Land is complete in its provisions; nothing essential is missing from it.