Derasha 2 on Behar 25:32

Parashas Behar · Aliyah 5 · Passuk 25:32

The Complete Passuk

וְעָרֵי֙ הַלְוִיִּ֔ם בָּתֵּ֖י עָרֵ֣י אֲחֻזָּתָ֑ם גְּאֻלַּ֥ת עוֹלָ֖ם תִּהְיֶ֥ה לַלְוִיִּֽם׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah cites Sifra (Torat Kohanim).

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Sifra
בָּתֵּי עָרֵי אֲחֻזָּתָם. וְלֹא בָּתֵּי עָרֵי מִקְלָט.

English: “The houses of the cities of their holding.” And not the houses of the cities of refuge.

Type of Learning

Classical derasha (Sifra).

What Is Learned

The perpetual redemption right applies to the ordinary Levitical cities of their inheritance, not to the cities of refuge as such.