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EXTRA · Bechukosai 27:2 · after the rebuke, a stronghold in values

Parashas Bechukosai · Passuk context

The Complete Passuk

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

Speak to the children of Israel and say to them: When a man expresses a vow [pledging] the value of lives to Hashem.

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Source Citation

Sifra, Bechukotai, Chapter 6:7 — after the stern rebuke, God gave Israel a stronghold in the section of valuations: a man can redeem himself from anything.

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Chazal

“דַּבֵּר אֶל בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל… אִישׁ כִּי יַפְלִא נֶדֶר בְּעֶרְכְּךָ נְפָשֹׁת” — אַחַר תּוֹכֵחָה קָשָׁה נָתַן לָהֶם הַמָּקוֹם מַחֲזִיק בְּפָרָשַׁת עֲרָכִין, שֶׁיָּכוֹל אָדָם לִפְדּוֹת אֶת עַצְמוֹ מִכֹּל.

English: “Speak to the children of Israel… a man who vows the valuation of persons” — after the stern rebuke, the Omnipresent gave them a stronghold in the section of valuations, namely that a person can redeem himself from anything.

Type of Learning

Structural derasha — placement of erechin after the tochacha.

What Is Learned

Chapter 27 is not an anticlimax. Chazal read its position as deliberate consolation: after the longest threat of loss, the Torah opens a path of self-redemption through vowed value.