Toldos 25:21 · unit 3

TT #4 · Parashas Toldos · Passuk 25:21

The Complete Passuk

וַיֶּעְתַּ֨ר יִצְחָ֤ק לַֽיהֹוָה֙ לְנֹ֣כַח אִשְׁתּ֔וֹ כִּ֥י עֲקָרָ֖ה הִ֑וא וַיֵּעָ֤תֶר לוֹ֙ יְהֹוָ֔ה וַתַּ֖הַר רִבְקָ֥ה אִשְׁתּֽוֹ׃

Yitzchak pleaded with Hashem on behalf of his wife, because she was infertile; and Hashem responded to his plea, and his wife Rivkah conceived.

Chabad / Judaica Press

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Yevamos 64a. E-Daf · Sefaria — Yevamos 64a

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“And He responded to him” — it should have said “to them.” Rather, the prayer of a righteous person who is the child of a righteous person is not comparable to the prayer of a righteous person who is the child of a wicked person.

On the daf / in context: The singular “to him” teaches the superior efficacy of the prayer of a tzaddik who is the son of a tzaddik.

Type of Learning

Custom (Bavli — prayer of tzaddik ben tzaddik vs. tzaddik ben rasha)

What Is Learned

The prayer of a righteous person who is himself the child of a righteous person is more effective than that of a righteous person whose parent was wicked.