Vayeira 22:14 · unit 2

Parashas Vayeira · Passuk 22:14

The Complete Passuk

וַיִּקְרָ֧א אַבְרָהָ֛ם שֵֽׁם־הַמָּק֥וֹם הַה֖וּא יְהֹוָ֣ה יִרְאֶ֑ה אֲשֶׁר֙ יֵאָמֵ֣ר הַיּ֔וֹם בְּהַ֥ר יְהֹוָ֖ה יֵרָאֶֽה׃

And Avraham called the name of that place “Hashem will see,” as it is said to this day, “On the mountain of Hashem it will be seen.”

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Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Berachos 62b.

TT lemma: בהר ה' יראה.

Sefaria — Berachos 62b

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
בְּהַר ה׳ יֵרָאֶה. כְּתִיב וּבְהַשְׁחִית רָאָה ה׳ וַיִּנָּחֵם; מָה רָאָה? אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ רָאָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר אֲשֶׁר יֵאָמֵר הַיּוֹם בְּהַר ה׳ יֵרָאֶה.

English: “On the mountain of Hashem it will be seen.” It is written, “And as He was about to destroy, Hashem saw and relented.” What did He see? Rabbi Yochanan said: He saw the Temple, as it is said, “as it is said to this day, ‘On the mountain of Hashem it will be seen.’”

On the daf / in context: The future-oriented name of the place is linked to the moment when God, about to destroy, saw the future Temple and stayed His hand.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Bavli sugya) — not a formal named middah of the 13. A later narrative of divine relenting is anchored in the place-name of the Akeidah.

What Is Learned

When God was about to destroy, He “saw” the future Temple on the mountain of the Akeidah and relented; the name “Hashem will see” alludes to that vision.