Derasha 2 on Behaalosecha 10:5

Parashas Behaalosecha · Aliyah 4 · Passuk 5

The Complete Passuk

וּתְקַעְתֶּ֖ם תְּרוּעָ֑ה וְנָֽסְעוּ֙ הַֽמַּחֲנ֔וֹת הַחֹנִ֖ים קֵֽדְמָה׃

Torah Temimah: from “ותקעתם תרועה” we learn a plain tekiah before the teruah and after it.

Core Text

וּתְקַעְתֶּ֖ם תְּרוּעָ֑ה — תְּקִיעָה פְּשׁוּטָה לִפְנֵי תְּרוּעָה; תְּרוּעָ֥ה יִתְקְע֖וּ — תְּקִיעָה פְּשׁוּטָה לְאַחֲרֶיהָ.

English: “And you shall sound a teruah” — a plain tekiah before the teruah; “a teruah they shall sound” — a plain tekiah after it.

Frame of teruah — tekiah surrounds the teruah on both sides.

The journey-signal is a structured sequence, not a single cry.