Vayigash 45:24 · unit 1

Parashas Vayigash · Passuk 45:24

The Complete Passuk

וַיְשַׁלַּ֥ח אֶת־אֶחָ֖יו וַיֵּלֵ֑כוּ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֔ם אַל־תִּרְגְּז֖וּ בַּדָּֽרֶךְ׃

He sent his brothers off, and they went. He said to them, “Do not be agitated on the way.”

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Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Megillah 16b / Ta’anit (and the baraita).

TT lemma: אל תרגזו בדרך.

Sefaria — Megillah 16b

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
אָמַר רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר: אָמַר לָהֶם, אַל תִּתְעַסְּקוּ בַּדֶּרֶךְ בִּדְבַר הֲלָכָה, שֶׁמָּא תִּרְגַּז עֲלֵיכֶם הַדֶּרֶךְ. בְּמַתְנִיתָא תָּנָא: אָמַר לָהֶם, אַל תַּפְסִיעוּ פְּסִיעָה גַּסָּה וְתִכָּנְסוּ חַמָּה לָעִיר.

English: Rabbi Elazar said: He said to them, “Do not occupy yourselves on the way with a matter of halacha, lest the way become agitated for you.” A baraita taught: He said to them, “Do not take large strides, and do not enter the city while the sun is still hot.”

On the daf / in context: Two complementary readings of “al tirgezu baderech”: one cautions against deep halachic discussion while traveling; the other cautions against hurried walking and arriving in the heat of the day.

Type of Learning

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

What Is Learned

Yosef warned his brothers not to engage in intensive halachic discussion on the road and not to travel in a manner that would endanger them.