Toldos 25:24 · unit 1

Parashas Toldos · Passuk 25:24

The Complete Passuk

וַיִּמְלְא֥וּ יָמֶ֖יהָ לָלֶ֑דֶת וְהִנֵּ֥ה תוֹמִ֖ם בְּבִטְנָֽהּ׃

When her time to give birth was at hand, there were twins in her womb.

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Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Berachos 5b / related.

TT lemma: וימלאו ימיה.

Sefaria — Berachos 5b

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
וְקוֹבֵר אֶת בָּנָיו — מוֹחֲלִין לוֹ עַל כׇּל עֲוֹנוֹתָיו. אֲמַר לֵיהּ רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: בִּשְׁלָמָא תּוֹרָה וּגְמִילוּת חֲסָדִים, דִּכְתִיב: ״בְּחֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת יְכֻפַּר עָוֹן״. ״חֶסֶד״ — זוֹ גְּמִילוּת חֲסָדִים, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״רוֹדֵף צְדָקָה וָחָסֶד יִמְצָא חַיִּים צְדָקָה וְכָבוֹד״. ״אֱמֶת״ — זוֹ תּוֹרָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״אֱמֶת קְנֵה וְאַל תִּמְכֹּר״. אֶלָּא ״קוֹבֵר אֶת בָּנָיו״ מִנַּיִן? תְּנָא לֵיהּ הַהוּא סָבָא, מִשּׁוּם רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן יוֹחַאי: אָתְיָא, ״עָוֹן״ ״עָוֹן״. כְּתִיב הָכָא ״בְּחֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת יְכֻפַּר עָוֹן״, וּכְתִיב הָתָם ״וּמְשַׁלֵּם עֲוֹן אָבוֹת אֶל חֵיק בְּנֵיהֶם״. אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: נְגָעִים וּבָנִים — אֵינָן יִסּוּרִין שֶׁל אַהֲבָה.

English: Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak said: Whoever places his bed between north and south — his wife will not miscarry… It is written here “and Your hidden ones You fill their belly” and it is written there “and her days were filled to give birth.”

On the daf / in context: The phrase “her days were filled” is linked to the practice of orienting the marital bed north–south, associated with successful full-term pregnancy.

Type of Learning

Custom (Bavli — bed orientation and full-term birth)

What Is Learned

Orienting the marital bed between north and south is associated with a full-term pregnancy; the verse “her days were filled to give birth” supplies the verbal link.