Ki Savo 26:2 · unit 1

Parashas Ki Savo · Passuk 26:2

The Complete Passuk

וְלָקַחְתָּ֞ מֵרֵאשִׁ֣ית ׀ כָּל־פְּרִ֣י הָאֲדָמָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר תָּבִ֧יא מֵֽאַרְצְךָ֛ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יְהֹוָ֧ה אֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ נֹתֵ֥ן לָ֖ךְ וְשַׂמְתָּ֣ בַטֶּ֑נֶא וְהָֽלַכְתָּ֙ אֶל־הַמָּק֔וֹם אֲשֶׁ֤ר יִבְחַר֙ יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ לְשַׁכֵּ֥ן שְׁמ֖וֹ שָֽׁם׃

You shall take of the first of all the fruit of the ground… and put it in a basket and go to the place that Hashem your God will choose…

Chabad.org — 26:2

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Bava Batra 81b.

Sefaria — Bava Batra 81b

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
״וְלָקַחְתָּ… וְהֵבֵאתָ״ — מִי שֶׁלְּקִיחָתוֹ וַהֲבָאָתוֹ שָׁוִין; יָצָא שְׁלִיחַ שֶׁלְּקִיחָתוֹ וַהֲבָאָתוֹ אֵינָן שָׁוִין. וְאִם מֵת הַשָּׁלִיחַ בַּדֶּרֶךְ, הַבְּעָלִים מְבִיאִין וְאֵינָן קוֹרִין.

English: “You shall take… and you shall bring” — one whose taking and bringing are the same; this excludes a messenger, whose taking and bringing are not the same. And if the messenger dies on the way, the owners bring [the fruit] but do not recite [the declaration].

On the daf: The juxtaposition of the two verbs requires identity of actor. Designation and delivery must be performed by the same person for the full ritual (including mikra bikkurim) to apply.

Type of Learning

R’ Eliezer #31 (סמוכין) — diyuk from the paired verbs “take” and “bring.”

What Is Learned

The one who designates the first fruits must also bring them. A messenger who dies en route leaves the owner able to bring the fruit but unable to recite the declaration.