Eikev 11:19 · unit 5

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: את בניכם (unit 5 of 10).

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
את בניכם. מלמד שהאב מחויב ללמד את בנו תורה עיין מש"כ באות הקודם ובפ' ואתחנן בפסוק והודעתם לבניך (ד' ט') ועוד שם (ה' א').

English: “Your sons” teaches that a father is obligated to teach his son Torah. See the previous unit and Vaeschanan on “make them known to your children.”

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 verse names sons as the direct objects of teaching: the father’s duty is explicit.