Toldos 27:27 · unit 3

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.”

Chabad / Judaica Press

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Ta’anit 29b (related).

TT lemma: כריח שדה.

Sefaria — Ta’anit

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
אָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה מִשְּׁמֵיהּ דְּרַב, כְּרֵיחַ שָׂדֶה שֶׁל תַּפּוּחִים.

English: Rav Yehudah said in the name of Rav: “Like the smell of a field” — of apple trees.

On the daf / in context: The field whose fragrance is singled out is identified as a field of apple trees (or, according to some, etrog trees), known for their distinctive scent.

Type of Learning

Custom (Bavli — the field of apple trees)

What Is Learned

The “field that Hashem has blessed” whose fragrance Yitzchak smelled is identified as a field of apple trees.