Derasha 17 on Vaeira 7:12

Parashas Vaeira · Passuk 7:12

The Complete Passuk

וַיַּשְׁלִ֙יכוּ֙ אִ֣ישׁ מַטֵּ֔הוּ וַיִּהְי֖וּ לְתַנִּינִ֑ם וַיִּבְלַ֥ע מַטֵּֽה־אַהֲרֹ֖ן אֶת־מַטֹּתָֽם׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Shabbos 97a (verified).

Sefaria — Exodus 7:12
Sefaria — Shabbos 97a
E-Daf — Shabbos 97a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Shabbos 97a
אָמַר רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר: ״וַיִּבְלַע מַטֵּה אַהֲרֹן אֶת מַטֹּתָם״ — נֵס בְּתוֹךְ נֵס.

English: “Rabbi Elazar said: ‘Aaron’s staff swallowed their staffs’ — a miracle within a miracle.”

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

Type of Learning

Talmudic interpretation of the miraculous swallowing of the staffs

What Is Learned

Chazal emphasize that the swallowing of the other staffs by Aaron’s staff was itself an additional miracle within the miracle of the sign.