Ki Savo 26:1 · unit 2

Parashas Ki Savo · Passuk 26:1

The Complete Passuk

וְהָיָה֙ כִּֽי־תָב֣וֹא אֶל־הָאָ֔רֶץ … וִֽירִשְׁתָּ֖הּ וְיָשַׁ֥בְתָּ בָּֽהּ׃

… and you inherit it and dwell in it.

Chabad.org — 26:1

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Kiddushin 37b.

Sefaria — Kiddushin 37b

E-Daf image — Kiddushin 37b

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
בִּיאָה וּמוֹשָׁב כְּתִיב בְּהוּ?! הָכִי קָאָמַר: לְלַמֵּד שֶׁכָּל מָקוֹם שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר בִּיאָה וּמוֹשָׁב אֵינוֹ אֶלָּא לְאַחַר יְרוּשָּׁה וִישִׁיבָה, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל. אִי הָכִי, אָמַר לוֹ רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא: הֲרֵי שַׁבָּת שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר בּוֹ ״מוֹשְׁבוֹת״… חֲדָא — דַּאֲנָא בִּיאָה וּמוֹשָׁב קָאָמֵינָא; וְעוֹד — שַׁבָּת קַל וָחוֹמֶר הִיא.

English: [The Gemara challenges:] “Coming” and “dwelling” are written regarding them?! This is what [R’ Yishmael] is saying: to teach that wherever Scripture states “coming” and “dwelling,” the obligation applies only after inheritance and settlement — these are the words of R’ Yishmael. R’ Akiva said to him: But Shabbos is written with “dwellings”… [R’ Yishmael replies in effect:] One point — I spoke of “coming” and “dwelling” together; and further — Shabbos is a kal vachomer of its own.

On the daf: The dual phrasing “inherit and dwell” becomes a paradigm (binyan av). Land-dependent mitzvos that use this language take effect only after the fourteen years of conquest and division. R’ Akiva’s challenge from Shabbos is answered by noting that Shabbos lacks the paired “coming” language and is independently known.

Type of Learning

R’ Yishmael #3 (בנין אב מכתוב אחד) — the combination of bi’ah and yeshivah in this verse establishes the general rule for other land-linked mitzvos that share the same dual language.

What Is Learned

Bikkurim (and any mitzvah whose verse pairs “coming into the land” with “inheriting and dwelling”) becomes obligatory only after conquest and settlement are complete — classically after the fourteen years.