Vayigash 45:14 · unit 2

Parashas Vayigash · Passuk 45:14

The Complete Passuk

וַיִּפֹּ֛ל עַל־צַוְּארֵ֥י בִנְיָמִֽן־אָחִ֖יו וַיֵּ֑בְךְּ וּבִנְיָמִֽן־בָּכָ֥ה עַל־צַוָּארָֽיו׃

He fell upon the neck of his brother Binyamin and wept, and Binyamin wept upon his neck.

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Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Megillah 16b.

TT lemma: ובנימן בכה וגו'.

Sefaria — Megillah 16b

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
״וּבִנְיָמִין בָּכָה עַל צַוָּארָיו״ — אָמַר רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר: בָּכָה עַל מִשְׁכַּן שִׁילֹה שֶׁעָתִיד לִהְיוֹת בְּחֶלְקוֹ שֶׁל יוֹסֵף וַעֲתִיד לֵחָרֵב.

English: “And Binyamin wept upon his neck” — Rabbi Elazar said: He wept over the Mishkan of Shiloh that was destined to stand in the portion of Yosef and was destined to be destroyed.

On the daf / in context: The reciprocal tears of Binyamin are read as mourning for the future destruction of the sanctuary that would stand in Yosef’s territory.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Bavli) — not a formal named middah of the 13.

What Is Learned

Binyamin’s tears on Yosef’s neck were for the Mishkan of Shiloh that would one day stand in Yosef’s portion and would be destroyed.