Shelach 15:2 · unit 1 — nesachim for a small bamah

Parashas Shelach · Aliyah 5 · Passuk 2

The Complete Passuk

דַּבֵּר֙ אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְאָמַרְתָּ֖ אֲלֵהֶ֑ם כִּ֣י תָבֹ֗אוּ אֶל־אֶ֙רֶץ֙ מוֹשְׁבֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲנִ֖י נֹתֵ֥ן לָכֶֽם׃

Speak to the children of Israel and say to them: When you come into the land of your dwellings that I give you.

Chabad.org — 15:2

Source Citation

Torah Temimah on כי תבאו: Zevachim 111a — R’ Akiva: small bamah.

Sefaria — Zevachim 111a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא אוֹמֵר: ״כִּי תָבֹאוּ״ — לְהַטְעִינָהּ נְסָכִים לְבָמָה קְטַנָּה הַכָּתוּב מְדַבֵּר.

English: R’ Akiva says: “When you come” — the verse speaks of imposing wine libations on a small bamah.

Type of Learning

Dispute over which bamah requires nesachim from this verse.

What Is Learned

R’ Akiva reads the verse as charging a private bamah with nesachim upon entry to the land.