Vayeira 22:5 · unit 2

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.

TT lemma: עם החמור.

Sefaria — Kesubos 111a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
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.

English: “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.