EXTRA · classical (not a TT unit)

Chayei Sarah 23:15 · EXTRA

Parashas Chayei Sarah · Passuk 23:15

The Complete Passuk

אֲדֹנִ֣י שְׁמָעֵ֔נִי אֶ֩רֶץ֩ אַרְבַּ֨ע מֵאֹ֧ת שֶֽׁקֶל־כֶּ֛סֶף בֵּינִ֥י וּבֵֽינְךָ֖ מַה־הִ֑וא וְאֶת־מֵתְךָ֖ קְבֹֽר׃

“My lord, hear me: a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver—what is that between me and you? Bury your dead.”

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Source Citation

Rashi on Bereishis 23:15 / Bereshit Rabbah (classical source on this passuk; not listed as a numbered Torah Temimah unit here).

Lemma / focus: ביני ובינך.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
ביני ובינך. בֵּין שְׁנֵי אוֹהֲבִים כָּמוֹנוּ מַה הִיא חֲשׁוּבָה לִכְלוּם, אֶלָּא הַנַּח אֶת הַמֶּכֶר וְאֶת מֵתְךָ קְבֹר (בראשית רבה):

English: Between two such friends as we are, of what importance is that? Nothing at all! Leave the sale and bury your dead.

On the daf / in context: Ephron minimizes the sum as trivial between friends while naming a very large price; the midrash notes the rhetorical gesture of friendship masking a heavy demand.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Rashi / midrash) — not a formal named middah of the 13: the phrase “between me and you” is read as a claim of friendship that frames the price as negligible.

What Is Learned

Ephron names four hundred shekels while calling the sum nothing between friends; the language of intimacy accompanies a demand for full payment.