Derasha 1 on Behaalosecha 11:12

Parashas Behaalosecha · Aliyah 5 · Passuk 12

The Complete Passuk

הֶאָנֹכִ֣י הָרִ֗יתִי אֵ֚ת כׇּל־הָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֔ה אִם־אָנֹכִ֖י יְלִדְתִּ֑יהוּ כִּֽי־תֹאמַ֨ר אֵלַ֜י שָׂאֵ֣הוּ בְחֵיקֶ֗ךָ כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר יִשָּׂ֤א הָאֹמֵן֙ אֶת־הַיֹּנֵ֔ק עַ֚ל הָֽאֲדָמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר נִשְׁבַּ֖עְתָּ לַאֲבֹתָֽיו׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah on this passuk (citation pointer only). Core text below is the Chazal derasha as recorded by TT — not TT’s explanatory voice. (R. Simlai / R. Chanan or R. Shabbtai): a warning to a judge to bear the public — “as the nurse carries the nursing infant.”

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר יִשָּׂ֤א הָאֹמֵן֙ אֶת־הַיֹּנֵ֔ק

English: It was taught: R. Simlai said, a warning to a judge that he must bear the public — and how far? R. Chanan, and some say R. Shabbtai: as the nurse carries the nursing infant.

Type of Learning

Judicial patience — Moshe’s image of the omen becomes the measure of a dayan’s duty.

What Is Learned

Even when a litigant is abrasive, the judge is taught to carry, not to discard.