Derasha 1 on Behaalosecha 10:6

Parashas Behaalosecha · Aliyah 4 · Passuk 6

The Complete Passuk

וּתְקַעְתֶּ֤ם תְּרוּעָה֙ שֵׁנִ֔ית וְנָֽסְעוּ֙ הַֽמַּחֲנ֔וֹת הַחֹנִ֖ים תֵּימָ֑נָה תְּרוּעָ֥ה יִתְקְע֖וּ לְמַסְעֵיהֶֽם׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah: “שנית” builds a general rule — wherever teruah is said, there is a second tekiah with it.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
וּתְקַעְתֶּ֤ם תְּרוּעָה֙ שֵׁנִ֔ית — זֶה בָּנָה אָב, כָּל מָקוֹם שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר תְּרוּעָה תְּהֵא תְּקִיעָה שְׁנִיָּה לָהּ.

English: “And you shall sound a teruah a second time” — this builds a paradigm: wherever teruah is stated, there shall be a second tekiah with it.

Type of Learning

Paradigm from “shenis” — the word “second” generalizes the framing tekiah.

What Is Learned

Every teruah in the Torah’s signal-system is paired with its accompanying tekiah.