Vayeira 18:5 · unit 2

Parashas Vayeira · Passuk 18:5

The Complete Passuk

וְאֶקְחָ֨ה פַת־לֶ֜חֶם וְסַעֲד֤וּ לִבְּכֶם֙ אַחַ֣ר תַּעֲבֹ֔רוּ כִּֽי־עַל־כֵּ֥ן עֲבַרְתֶּ֖ם עַֽל־עַבְדְּכֶ֑ם וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ כֵּ֥ן תַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבַּֽרְתָּ׃

And I will take a morsel of bread, and you shall sustain your hearts; afterward you may pass on, since you have come to your servant. And they said, “Do so, as you have spoken.”

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Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Nedarim 37b.

TT lemma: אחר תעברו.

Sefaria — Nedarim 37b

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
אַחַר תַּעֲבֹרוּ. אָמַר רַבִּי יִצְחָק, עִטּוּר סוֹפְרִים הֲלָכָה לְמֹשֶׁה מִסִּינַי הוּא, וְאַחַר תַּעֲבֹרוּ עִטּוּר סוֹפְרִים הוּא.

English: “Afterward you may pass on.” Rabbi Yitzchak said: The adornments of the Soferim are a law given to Moshe at Sinai, and “afterward you may pass on” is one of the adornments of the Soferim.

On the daf / in context: Nedarim 37b lists certain particles and conjunctions that the Soferim added for clarity; “achar” here is cited as one such traditional reading aid.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Bavli sugya) — not a formal named middah of the 13. The particle is identified as a traditional scribal clarification (ittur soferim).

What Is Learned

The word “achar” (“afterward”) in this verse is counted among the traditional “adornments of the Soferim,” a reading clarification transmitted from Sinai.