Ki Savo 27:7 · unit 2

Parashas Ki Savo · Passuk 27:7

The Complete Passuk

וְזָבַחְתָּ֥ שְׁלָמִ֖ים וְאָכַ֣לְתָּ שָּׁ֑ם וְשָׂ֣מַחְתָּ֔ לִפְנֵ֖י יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃

And you shall slaughter peace-offerings and eat there and rejoice before Hashem your God.

Chabad.org — 27:7

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to R’ Yehudah ben Beteira — Pesachim 109a.

Sefaria — Pesachim 109a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
תַּנְיָא, רַבִּי יְהוּדָה בֶּן בְּתֵירָא אוֹמֵר: בִּזְמַן שֶׁבֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ קַיָּים אֵין שִׂמְחָה אֶלָּא בְּבָשָׂר, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״וְזָבַחְתָּ שְׁלָמִים וְאָכַלְתָּ שָּׁם וְשָׂמַחְתָּ לִפְנֵי ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ״; וְעַכְשָׁיו שֶׁאֵין בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ קַיָּים, אֵין שִׂמְחָה אֶלָּא בְּיַיִן, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״וְיַיִן יְשַׂמַּח לְבַב אֱנוֹשׁ״.

English: It was taught: R’ Yehudah ben Beteira says: When the Temple is standing, rejoicing is only through meat, as it is stated “And you shall slaughter peace-offerings and eat there and rejoice before Hashem your God.” And now that the Temple is not standing, rejoicing is only through wine, as it is stated “And wine that gladdens the heart of man.”

On the daf: The linkage of eating the shelamim with simchah establishes the original form of commanded joy. After the Churban, wine becomes the practical vehicle of the mitzvah of rejoicing.

Type of Learning

Custom (diyuk from the juxtaposition of slaughter-eating-rejoicing; application after the Churban).

What Is Learned

In Temple times simchah was through the meat of peace-offerings; afterward, through wine.