Derasha 1 on Behaalosecha 11:22

Parashas Behaalosecha · Aliyah 5 · Passuk 22

The Complete Passuk

הֲצֹ֧אן וּבָקָ֛ר יִשָּׁחֵ֥ט לָהֶ֖ם וּמָצָ֣א לָהֶ֑ם אִ֣ם אֶת־כׇּל־דְּגֵ֥י הַיָּ֛ם יֵאָסֵ֥ף לָהֶ֖ם וּמָצָ֥א לָהֶֽם׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah on this passuk (citation pointer only). Core text is Chazal as recorded — Moshe’s rhetorical question on flocks, herds, and the fish of the sea.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
הֲצֹ֧אן וּבָקָ֛ר יִשָּׁחֵ֥ט לָהֶ֖ם וּמָצָ֣א לָהֶ֑ם אִ֣ם אֶת־כׇּל־דְּגֵ֥י הַיָּ֛ם יֵאָסֵ֥ף לָהֶ֖ם וּמָצָ֥א לָהֶֽם׃

English: “Shall flocks and herds be slaughtered for them and found for them? If all the fish of the sea be gathered for them and found for them?”

Type of Learning

Human calculation versus divine provision.

What Is Learned

The verse preserves Moshe’s honest arithmetic before the answer of the next lines.