Derasha 2 on Behar 25:06

Parashas Behar · Aliyah 1 · Passuk 25:06

The Complete Passuk

וְ֠הָיְתָ֠ה שַׁבַּ֨ת הָאָ֤רֶץ לָכֶם֙ לְאׇכְלָ֔ה לְךָ֖ וּלְעַבְדְּךָ֣ וְלַאֲמָתֶ֑ךָ וְלִשְׂכִֽירְךָ֙ וּלְתוֹשָׁ֣בְךָ֔ הַגָּרִ֖ים עִמָּֽךְ׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah cites Yerushalmi Sheviis 7:1.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Yerushalmi Sheviis 7:1
לָכֶם. כָּל שֶׁהוּא צֹרֶךְ לָכֶם — לַאֲכִילָה וְלִשְׁתִיָּה, לִסִיכָה וּלְצִבְיָעָה.

English: “For you.” Whatever is a need for you — for eating and for drinking, for anointing and for dyeing.

Type of Learning

Classical derasha (Yerushalmi).

What Is Learned

“For you” includes all ordinary human needs: eating, drinking, anointing, and dyeing.