Derasha 11 on Vayikra 27:2

Unit 11 of 13

דַּבֵּ֞ר אֶל־בְּנֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֲלֵהֶ֔ם אִ֕ישׁ כִּ֥י יַפְלִ֖א נֶ֑דֶר בְּעֶרְכְּךָ֥ נְפָשֹׁ֖ת לַֽיהֹוָֽה׃

Source Citation

Torah Temimah: “nefashot” (plural) includes evaluating many persons in one formula.

Core Text

אֵין לִי אֶלָּא אֶחָד שֶׁהֶעֱרִיךְ אֶחָד; אֶחָד שֶׁהֶעֱרִיךְ מֵאָה מִנַּיִן? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר “נְפָשׁוֹת.”

English: I have only one who evaluated one; from where one who evaluated a hundred? Scripture says “nefashot.”

Plural-inclusion derasha.

A single declaration naming multiple persons obligates for each.