Chayei Sarah 23:17 · unit 2

TT #11 · Parashas Chayei Sarah · Passuk 23:17

The Complete Passuk

וַיָּ֣קׇם שְׂדֵ֣ה עֶפְר֗וֹן אֲשֶׁר֙ בַּמַּכְפֵּלָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֖ר לִפְנֵ֣י מַמְרֵ֑א הַשָּׂדֶה֙ וְהַמְּעָרָ֣ה אֲשֶׁר־בּ֔וֹ וְכׇל־הָעֵץ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּכׇל־גְּבֻל֖וֹ סָבִֽיב׃

So Efron’s land in Machpelah, near Mamre—the field with its cave and all the trees anywhere within the confines of that field—passed

Chabad / Judaica Press

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Bava Basra 69b. E-Daf · Sefaria — Bava Basra 69b

TT lemma: בכל גבולו סביב.

מְנָא הָנֵי מִילֵּי? … אָמַר רַב מְשַׁרְשְׁיָא: מִכָּאן לִמְצָרִים מִן הַתּוֹרָה.

What is the force of “round about”? Rav Mesharshiya said: From here [we learn] that the boundaries [metzarim] are included by the Torah [in the sale of a field].

On the daf / in context: The phrase “in all its border round about” teaches that the purchaser also acquires the boundary strips and trees on the boundary.

Type of Learning

Custom (Bavli — inclusion of field boundaries)

What Is Learned

When one buys a field, “all its border round about” includes the boundary land and the trees growing on the boundary.