Toldos 27:27 · unit 3
TT #38 · 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 Ta’anis 29b . E-Daf · Sefaria — Ta’anis 29b
אָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה מִשְּׁמֵיהּ דְּרַב, כְּרֵיחַ שָׂדֶה שֶׁל תַּפּוּחִים.
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.
Type of Learning
Custom (Bavli — the field of apple trees)
What Is Learned
The “field that Hashem has blessed” is identified as a field of apple trees.
Source pointed to by Torah Temimah. Only Chazal’s words and what they derived are presented. Ashkenazi transliteration.