Shelach 14:27 · unit 1 — this evil congregation
Parashas Shelach · Aliyah 4 · Passuk 27
The Complete Passuk
עַד־מָתַ֗י לָעֵדָ֤ה הָֽרָעָה֙ הַזֹּ֔את אֲשֶׁ֛ר הֵ֥מָּה מַלִּינִ֖ים עָלָ֑י אֶת־תְּלֻנּ֞וֹת בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אֲשֶׁ֨ר הֵ֧מָּה מַלִּינִ֛ים עָלַ֖י שָׁמָֽעְתִּי׃
How long for this evil congregation that they complain against Me? The complaints of the children of Israel that they complain against Me, I have heard.
Chabad.org — 14:27
Source Citation
Torah Temimah on לעדה הרעה הזאת : congregation is not less than ten.
Core Text of Chazal
Core Text
מִכָּאן שֶׁאֵין עֵדָה פְּחוּתָה מֵעֲשָׂרָה.
English: From here: a congregation is not less than ten.
Type of Learning Definition of edah from the spies (ten after excluding Yehoshua and Calev).
What Is Learned The ten spies form the paradigm of a minimum congregation.
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