Ki Savo 26:2 · unit 3

Parashas Ki Savo · Passuk 26:2

The Complete Passuk

וְלָקַחְתָּ֞ מֵרֵאשִׁ֣ית ׀ כָּל־פְּרִ֣י הָאֲדָמָ֗ה…

You shall take of the first of all the fruit of the ground…

Chabad.org — 26:2

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sifrei Devarim 297.

Sefaria — Sifrei Devarim 297

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
וְלָקַחְתָּ מֵרֵאשִׁית — אֲפִלּוּ אֶשְׁכּוֹל אֶחָד וַאֲפִלּוּ גְּרוֹגֶרֶת אַחַת. יָכוֹל לֹא יִהְיוּ בִּכּוּרִים אֶלָּא מִן הַמֻּבְחָר? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר ״כָּל פְּרִי״ — אֲפִלּוּ מִן הַפָּסוּל.

English: “You shall take of the first” — even a single cluster, even a single dried fig. Might one think that bikkurim must come only from the choicest? Scripture says “all the fruit” — even from what is less choice.

In Sifrei: There is no minimum measure. A single fruit or cluster suffices. The word “all” further prevents restricting the obligation to only the very finest specimens of the seven species.

Type of Learning

R’ Eliezer #1 (ריבוי) — inclusion of even the smallest quantity; no shiur.

What Is Learned

Bikkurim has no minimum size; even one cluster or one dried fig fulfills the mitzvah.