Haazinu 32:18

Parashas Haazinu · Passuk from filename

The Complete Passuk

צוּר יְלָדְךָ תֶּשִׁי וַתִּשְׁכַּח אֵל מְחֹלְלֶךָ

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Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
צוּר יְלָדְךָ תֶּשִׁי – שֶׁשָּׁכַחְתָּ אֶת הַצּוּר שֶׁיְּלָדְךָ. וַתִּשְׁכַּח אֵל מְחֹלְלֶךָ – שֶׁשָּׁכַחְתָּ אֶת הָאֵל שֶׁהוֹלִידְךָ. מְלַמֵּד שֶׁיִּשְׂרָאֵל שָׁכְחוּ אֶת הַטּוֹבָה שֶׁגְּמָלָם הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא.

English: “the Rock that bore you, you neglected” — you forgot the Rock that bore you. “and you forgot God who brought you forth” — you forgot the God who gave birth to you. This teaches that Israel forgot the goodness that the Holy One, blessed be He, had bestowed upon them.

The parallel verbs of forgetting are read as a single accusation of ingratitude toward the divine Parent.

Type of Learning

Custom (phrase-by-phrase or midrashic expansion of the verse).

What Is Learned

The midrash extracts concrete legal, historical or theological referents from the wording of the passuk, giving the brief biblical language a fuller operational meaning.