Ki Savo 27:9 · unit 4

Parashas Ki Savo · Passuk 27:9

The Complete Passuk

הַיּ֤וֹם הַזֶּה֙ נִהְיֵ֣יתָֽ לְעָ֔ם לַיהֹוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃

This day you have become a people to Hashem your God.

Chabad.org — 27:9

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Berachos 63b / Sifrei on “this day.”

Sefaria — Berachos 63b

E-Daf image — Berachos 63b

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה — וְכִי בַּיּוֹם הַזֶּה נִתְּנָה תּוֹרָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל? וַהֲלֹא אוֹתוֹ הַיּוֹם סוֹף אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה הָיָה! אֶלָּא לְלַמֶּדְךָ שֶׁחֲבִיבָה תּוֹרָה עַל לוֹמְדֶיהָ בְּכָל יוֹם וָיוֹם כְּיוֹם שֶׁנִּתְּנָה מֵהַר סִינַי.

English: “This day” — was the Torah given to Israel on that day? Was that day not the end of forty years? Rather, it teaches that Torah is as beloved to those who study it every single day as on the day it was given from Mount Sinai.

On the daf: Spoken at the end of the forty years in the wilderness, “this day” cannot refer only to the historical moment of Matan Torah. It teaches the ongoing freshness of daily learning.

Type of Learning

Custom (diyuk from “this day” at the end of forty years).

What Is Learned

Each day’s Torah learning can carry the same preciousness as the day of Matan Torah.