Derasha 153 on Terumah 25:11

Parashas Terumah · Passuk 25:11

The Complete Passuk

וְצִפִּיתָ֤ אֹתוֹ֙ זָהָ֣ב טָה֔וֹר מִבַּ֥יִת וּמִח֖וּץ תְּצַפֶּ֑נּוּ וְעָשִׂ֧יתָ עָלָ֛יו זֵ֥ר זָהָ֖ב סָבִֽיב׃

Source Citation

Yoma 72b

Core Text of Chazal

רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן רָמֵי, כְּתִיב ״זֵר״ וּקְרִינַן ״זֵיר״; זָכָה — נַעֲשֵׂית לוֹ זֵיר, לֹא זָכָה — נַעֲשֵׂית זָרָה הֵימֶנּוּ.

English: Rabbi Yochanan contrasts the written form “zer” with the reading “zeir”: if a person merits it, Torah becomes a crown for him; if not, it becomes alien to him.

What Is Learned: The page presents the primary Chazal teaching indexed by Torah Temimah, without importing Torah Temimah's explanatory commentary into the Core Text.