Derasha 2 on Behar 25:16

Parashas Behar · Aliyah 2 · Passuk 25:16

The Complete Passuk

לְפִ֣י ׀ רֹ֣ב הַשָּׁנִ֗ים תַּרְבֶּה֙ מִקְנָת֔וֹ וּלְפִי֙ מְעֹ֣ט הַשָּׁנִ֔ים תַּמְעִ֖יט מִקְנָת֑וֹ כִּ֚י מִסְפַּ֣ר תְּבוּאֹ֔ת ה֥וּא מֹכֵ֖ר לָֽךְ׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah cites Sifra (Torat Kohanim).

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Sifra

כִּי מִסְפַּר תְּבוּאֹת הוּא מֹכֵר לָךְ. מְלַמֵּד שֶׁאֵינוֹ מוֹכֵר לוֹ אֶלָּא תְּבוּאוֹת.

English: “For it is a number of crops that he is selling you.” This teaches that he is selling him only the crops [i.e., the usufruct until Yovel], not permanent ownership.

Type of Learning

Classical derasha (Sifra).

What Is Learned

A sale of ancestral land is in essence a sale of the remaining crop-years until Yovel; permanent alienation is not effected.

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