Vayeishev 40:10 · unit 1

Parashas Vayeishev · Passuk 40:10

The Complete Passuk

וּבַגֶּ֖פֶן שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה שָׂרִיגִ֑ם וְהִ֤וא כְפֹרַ֙חַת֙ עָלְתָ֣ה נִצָּ֔הּ הִבְשִׁ֥ילוּ אַשְׁכְּלֹתֶ֖יהָ עֲנָבִֽים׃

On the vine were three branches. It had barely budded, when out came its blossoms and its clusters ripened into grapes.

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Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Chullin 92a (R’ Eliezer haModai).

Sefaria — Chullin 92a (R’ Eliezer haModai)

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
גֶּפֶן — זֶה יְרוּשָׁלַיִם; שְׁלֹשָׁה שָׂרִיגִים — זֶה מִקְדָּשׁ, מֶלֶךְ, וְכֹהֵן גָּדוֹל; וְהִיא כְפֹרַחַת עָלְתָה נִצָּהּ — אֵלּוּ פִּרְחֵי כְּהֻנָּה; הִבְשִׁילוּ אַשְׁכְּלֹתֶיהָ עֲנָבִים — אֵלּוּ נְסָכִים.

English: “A vine” — that is Yerushalayim; “three branches” — that is the Mikdash, the king, and the Kohen Gadol; “and it was as though it budded, its blossoms shot forth” — those are the young kohanim; “its clusters ripened into grapes” — those are the nesachim.

On the daf / in context: R’ Eliezer haModai reads the butler’s dream as a map of the institutions of Yisrael.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Bavli midrash-style) — not a formal named middah of the 13. Dream images are mapped onto national institutions.

What Is Learned

The vine-dream encodes Yerushalayim, Temple, king, and Kohen Gadol — the structure of Jewish public life.