Toldos 27:27 · unit 1
TT #36 · Parashas Toldos · Passuk 27:27
The Complete Passuk
וַיִּגַּשׁ֙ וַיִּשַּׁק־ל֔וֹ וַיָּ֛רַח אֶת־רֵ֥יחַ בְּגָדָ֖יו וַֽיְבָרְכֵ֑הוּ וַיֹּ֗אמֶר רְאֵה֙ רֵ֣יחַ בְּנִ֔י כְּרֵ֣יחַ שָׂדֶ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר בֵּרְכ֖וֹ יְהֹוָֽה׃
and he went up and kissed him. And he smelled his clothes and he blessed him, saying, “Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that Hashem has blessed.”
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Source Citation
Torah Temimah points to Sanhedrin 37a . E-Daf · Sefaria — Sanhedrin 37a
אָמַר רַבִּי זֵירָא: אַל תִּקְרֵי בְּגָדָיו אֶלָּא בּוֹגְדָיו, אֵלּוּ פּוֹשְׁעֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל.
Do not read begadav, “his garments,” but bogedav, “his traitors”; these are the sinners of Israel.
On the daf / in context: Even those who later prove traitors among Israel still retain a fragrance that Yitzchak could sense.
Type of Learning
Custom (Bavli — even the traitors retain fragrance)
What Is Learned
Even those who later betray still carry the fragrance of the people of Israel.
Source pointed to by Torah Temimah. Only Chazal’s words and what they derived are presented. Ashkenazi transliteration.