Toldos 26:12 · unit 2

Parashas Toldos · Passuk 26:12

The Complete Passuk

וַיִּזְרַ֤ע יִצְחָק֙ בָּאָ֣רֶץ הַהִ֔וא וַיִּמְצָ֛א בַּשָּׁנָ֥ה הַהִ֖וא מֵאָ֣ה שְׁעָרִ֑ים וַֽיְבָרְכֵ֖הוּ יְהֹוָֽה׃

Yitzchak sowed in that land and reaped a hundredfold the same year. Hashem blessed him,

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Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Kesubos 112a.

TT lemma: מאה שערים.

Sefaria — Kesubos 112a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
תָּנוּ רַבָּנָן, בְּבִרְכוֹתֶיהָ שֶׁל אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל בֵּית סְאָה עוֹשָׂה חֲמֵשֶׁת רִבּוֹא כּוֹרִין, דִּכְתִיב וַיִּזְרַע יִצְחָק… וַיִּמְצָא מֵאָה שְׁעָרִים.

English: Our Rabbis taught: In the blessings of the Land of Israel a beit se’ah produces fifty thousand kor; as it is written “And Yitzchak sowed… and found a hundredfold.”

On the daf / in context: The hundredfold yield is used to calculate the extraordinary fertility of the Land under blessing.

Type of Learning

Custom (Bavli — hundredfold yield of the Land)

What Is Learned

Under the blessing of the Land, a single se’ah of seed can produce fifty thousand kor; the hundredfold harvest of Yitzchak is the scriptural measure of that blessing.