EXTRA · classical (not a TT unit)

Chayei Sarah 24:64 · EXTRA

Parashas Chayei Sarah · Passuk 24:64

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וַתִּשָּׂ֤א רִבְקָה֙ אֶת־עֵינֶ֔יהָ וַתֵּ֖רֶא אֶת־יִצְחָ֑ק וַתִּפֹּ֖ל מֵעַ֥ל הַגָּמָֽל׃

Raising her eyes, Rivkah saw Yitzchak. She alighted from the camel

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Source Citation

Rashi on Bereishis 24:64 / Bereshit Rabbah (classical source on this passuk; not listed as a numbered Torah Temimah unit here).

Lemma / focus: ותרא את יצחק / ותפל.

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Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
ותרא את יצחק. רָאֲתָה אוֹתוֹ הָדוּר וְתוֹהָא מִפָּנָיו (בראשית רבה): ותפל. הִשְׁמִיטָה עַצְמָהּ לָאָרֶץ, כְּתַרְגּוּמוֹ וְאִתְרְכִינַת, הִטְּתָה עַצְמָהּ לָאָרֶץ וְלֹא הִגִּיעָה עַד הַקַּרְקַע, כְּמוֹ הַטִּי נָא כַדֵּךְ, אַרְכִינִי, וַיֵּט שָׁמַיִם (תהילים י"ח), וְאַרְכִּין, לְשׁוֹן מֻטֶּה לָאָרֶץ, וְדוֹמֶה לוֹ כִּי יִפֹּל לֹא יוּטָל (תהילים ל"ז), כְּלוֹמַר אִם יִטֶּה לָאָרֶץ לֹא יַגִּיעַ עַד הַקַּרְקַע:

English: She saw his lordly appearance and was astonished before him. “She fell” — she let herself down to the ground.

On the daf / in context: Rivkah’s first sight of Yitzchak produces awe; the verb of “falling” is read as a deliberate alighting from the camel in his presence.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Rashi / midrash) — not a formal named middah of the 13: the seeing and the falling are linked as awe and respectful descent.

What Is Learned

When Rivkah saw Yitzchak she was struck by his bearing and let herself down from the camel; the first meeting is marked by awe.