Shelach 13:23 · unit 1 — they carried it on a pole with two
Parashas Shelach · Aliyah 1 · Passuk 23
The Complete Passuk
וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ עַד־נַ֣חַל אֶשְׁכֹּ֗ל וַיִּכְרְת֨וּ מִשָּׁ֤ם זְמוֹרָה֙ וְאֶשְׁכּ֤וֹל עֲנָבִים֙ אֶחָ֔ד וַיִּשָּׂאֻ֥הוּ בַמּ֖וֹט בִּשְׁנָ֑יִם וּמִן־הָרִמֹּנִ֖ים וּמִן־הַתְּאֵנִֽים׃
They came to the Valley of Eshkol and cut from there a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they carried it on a pole with two, and of the pomegranates and of the figs.
Chabad.org — 13:23
Source Citation
Torah Temimah on וישאוהו במוט בשנים : Sotah / classic — how many carried the cluster.
Core Text of Chazal
Core Text
וַיִּשָּׂאֻהוּ בַמּוֹט בִּשְׁנָיִם — מִמַּשְׁמַע שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר בַּמּוֹט אֵינִי יוֹדֵעַ שֶׁבִּשְׁנַיִם? מַה תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר בִּשְׁנָיִם — בִּשְׁנֵי מוֹטוֹת.
English: “They carried it on a pole with two” — from “on a pole” I would already know it takes two; what does “with two” teach? On two poles.
Type of Learning Ribui of an apparently redundant phrase.
What Is Learned The cluster was so large it required two poles, not merely two men on one pole.
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