Derasha 8 on Vaeira 6:13

Parashas Vaeira · Passuk 6:13

The Complete Passuk

וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר יְהֹוָה֮ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֣ה וְאֶֽל־אַהֲרֹן֒ וַיְצַוֵּם֙ אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְאֶל־פַּרְעֹ֖ה מֶ֣לֶךְ מִצְרָ֑יִם לְהוֹצִ֥יא אֶת־בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃ {ס}

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Yerushalmi 3:5 (verified).

Sefaria — Exodus 6:13

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Yerushalmi 3:5
אָמַר רַבִּי שְׁמוּאֵל בַּר רַב יִצְחָק: עַל מָה צִוָּם? עַל פָּרָשַׁת שִׁלּוּחַ עֲבָדִים. וְאִתְיָא כְּרַבִּי הִילָא, דְּאָמַר: לֹא נֶעֶנְשׁוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶלָּא עַל פָּרָשַׁת שִׁלּוּחַ עֲבָדִים.

English: “Rabbi Shmuel bar Rav Yitzchak said: What did God command them about? About the section concerning the freeing of slaves. This accords with Rabbi Hila, who said that Israel were punished because of the matter of releasing slaves.”

On the daf / in context: See the cited source for the full section.

Type of Learning

Yerushalmi interpretation of the command concerning Israel

What Is Learned

Chazal understand the otherwise unspecified command to the Israelites as including the obligation to release Hebrew slaves, connecting it with the later rebuke over that law.