Ki Savo 26:9

Parashas Ki Savo · Passuk from filename

The Complete Passuk

וַיְבִאֵ֖נוּ אֶל־הַמָּק֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה וַיִּתֶּן־לָ֙נוּ֙ אֶת־הָאָ֣רֶץ הַזֹּ֔את אֶ֛רֶץ זָבַ֥ת חָלָ֖ב וּדְבָֽשׁ׃

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Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Yerushalmi / Sifrei.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
אֶרֶץ זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבָשׁ – מְבִיאִים בִּכּוּרִים מֵעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֵינָהּ זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבָשׁ

English: “a land flowing with milk and honey” — one may bring bikkurim from Transjordan even though it is not [described as] flowing with milk and honey.

In Sifrei: The midrash reads successive phrases of the declaration or the curse, assigning each a concrete referent or legal implication drawn from the surrounding narrative or parallel verses.

Type of Learning

Custom (A restriction / clarification: the praise “flowing with milk and honey” describes regions within the Land that have that quality, not a condition that every plot must satisfy.)

What Is Learned

Chazal teach that bikkurim may be brought from Ever HaYarden. The phrase “land flowing with milk and honey” characterizes the Land as containing such regions, not as excluding every area that lacks that particular description.