Eikev 11:19 · unit 2

Parashas Eikev · Passuk 11:19

The Complete Passuk

וְלִמַּדְתֶּ֥ם אֹתָ֛ם אֶת־בְּנֵיכֶ֖ם לְדַבֵּ֣ר בָּ֑ם בְּשִׁבְתְּךָ֤ בְּבֵיתֶ֙ךָ֙ וּבְלֶכְתְּךָ֣ בַדֶּ֔רֶךְ וּֽבְשׇׁכְבְּךָ֖ וּבְקוּמֶֽךָ׃

and teach them to your children—reciting them when you stay at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you get up;

Chabad / Judaica Press

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Kiddushin 29b.

TT lemma: ולמדתם (unit 2 of 10).

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
ולמדתם. תניא, האשה אינה מחויבת ללמד לעצמה תורה, דכתיב ולמדתם ולמדתם, כל שאחרים מצווין ללמדו מצוה ללמד את עצמו וכל שאין אחרים מצווין ללמדו אין מצווה ללמד את עצמו הפסוק השני ולמדתם הוא בפ' ואתחנן בענין למוד עצמו (ה' א'), והאשה אין אחרים מצווין ללמדה כפי שיובא בסמוך.

English: It was taught: A woman is not obligated to teach herself Torah, for it is written “you shall teach / you shall learn.” Whoever others are commanded to teach is commanded to teach himself; whoever others are not commanded to teach is not commanded to teach himself. The second “you shall learn” is in Vaeschanan regarding one’s own study; a woman is not among those whom others are commanded to teach, as explained in the next unit.

On the daf / in context: Torah Temimah places this derasha on Devarim 11:19. The Core Text is the words of Chazal (as transmitted in the source named above).

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Bavli sugya) — not a formal named middah of the 13

The Gemara uses this passuk in a sugya (proof, illustration, or dispute). Named as one of R' Yishmael’s 13 or R' Eliezer’s 32 only when that move is explicit.

What Is Learned

The doubled verb of learning links self-study to the duty others have to teach you; where that duty does not fall on others, the self-duty is read differently for women in this sugya.