Eikev 11:19 · unit 3

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;

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Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Kiddushin 29b. (שם שם — same source as the previous unit).

TT lemma: ולמדתם (unit 3 of 10).

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
ולמדתם. תניא, אין האשה חייבת ללמד את בנה תורה, דכתיב ולמדתם ולמדתם, כל שמצווה ללמוד מצווה ללמד וכל שאינו מצווה ללמוד אינו מצווה ללמד עי' באות הקודם ציון הפסוק ולמדתם השני, והא דאין אשה מחויבת ללמד עצמה מבאר בדרשה הקודמת.

English: It was taught: A woman is not obligated to teach her son Torah, for it is written “you shall teach / you shall learn”: whoever is commanded to learn is commanded to teach; whoever is not commanded to learn is not commanded to teach. See the previous unit for the second verse and the prior derasha that she is not obligated to teach herself.

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 duty to teach one’s son is tied to one’s own duty to learn; the sugya applies that linkage to the mother’s role.