Shelach 14:1 · unit 1 — the whole congregation raised
Parashas Shelach · Aliyah 2 · Passuk 1
The Complete Passuk
וַתִּשָּׂא֙ כׇּל־הָ֣עֵדָ֔ה וַֽיִּתְּנ֖וּ אֶת־קוֹלָ֑ם וַיִּבְכּ֥וּ הָעָ֖ם בַּלַּ֥יְלָה הַהֽוּא׃
The whole congregation raised their voice and the people wept that night.
Chabad.org — 14:1
Source Citation
Torah Temimah on ותשא כל העדה: Yerushalmi Shekalim 1:1 — called and did not fear.
Core Text of Chazal
Core Text
תַּנְיָא, אָמַר רַבִּי יְהוּדָה בֶּן פָּזִי בְּשֵׁם רַבִּי: הֵן נִקְרָא וְלֹא נִבְעַת.
English: It is taught: R’ Yehudah ben Pazi said in the name of Rabbi: They were called and did not fear.
Type of Learning
Contrast of response — for good they needed prompting; for evil they rose on their own.
What Is Learned
At the Sea they sang only after Moshe began; here the whole congregation raised a cry without a spur.