Vayeira 22:5 · unit 2

TT #104 · Parashas Vayeira · Passuk 22:5

The Complete Passuk

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אַבְרָהָ֜ם אֶל־נְעָרָ֗יו שְׁבוּ־לָכֶ֥ם פֹּה֙ עִֽם־הַחֲמ֔וֹר וַאֲנִ֣י וְהַנַּ֔עַר נֵלְכָ֖ה עַד־כֹּ֑ה וְנִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֖ה וְנָשׁ֥וּבָה אֲלֵיכֶֽם׃

And Avraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey, and I and the lad will go yonder; we will worship and we will return to you.”

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Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Kesubos 111a. E-Daf · Sefaria — Kesubos 111a

TT lemma: עם החמור.

עם החמור. א"ר אבהו, אפילו שפחה כנענית שבארץ ישראל מובטח לה שהיא בת עולם הבא, כתיב הכא נותן נשמה לעם עליה, וכתיב התם שבו לכם פה עם החמור – עם הדומה לחמור.

“With the donkey.” Rabbi Abbahu said: Even a Canaanite maidservant in the Land of Israel is assured of being a daughter of the World to Come. It is written here, “He who gives a soul to the people upon it,” and it is written there, “Stay here with the donkey”—with one who is like a donkey.

On the daf / in context: The comparison is inverted to show that even those “like a donkey” who dwell in the Land receive a share in the World to Come.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Bavli sugya) — not a formal named middah of the 13. The same phrase is used for a positive assurance about the Land.

What Is Learned

Even a Canaanite maidservant who lives in the Land of Israel is assured a share in the World to Come; the verse that equates her with a donkey is read together with the promise of life for those upon the Land.