Vayeitzei 28:22 · unit 2

Parashas Vayeitzei · Passuk 28:22

The Complete Passuk

וְהָאֶ֣בֶן הַזֹּ֗את אֲשֶׁר־שַׂ֙מְתִּי֙ מַצֵּבָ֔ה יִהְיֶ֖ה בֵּ֣ית אֱלֹהִ֑ים וְכֹל֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּתֶּן־לִ֔י עַשֵּׂ֖ר אֲעַשְּׂרֶ֥נּוּ לָֽךְ׃

And this stone that I have set up as a pillar shall be God’s house, and of all that You give me I will surely give a tenth to You.

Torah Temimah points to sources on the double expression of tithing.

TT lemma: עשר אעשרנו.

Core Text

״עַשֵּׂר אֲעַשְּׂרֶנּוּ״ — תְּרֵי זִמְנֵי, מְלַמֵּד שֶׁקִּבֵּל עָלָיו שְׁנֵי מַעַשְׂרוֹת.

English: “I will surely give a tenth” — twice, teaching that he accepted upon himself two tithes.

On the daf / in context: The doubled verb is read as an acceptance of both maaser rishon and maaser sheni (or the equivalent double obligation).

Derash on the verse (midrashic) — not a formal named middah of the 13. The doubled language yields a double obligation.

The doubled expression teaches that Yaakov undertook a double tithe.