Shelach 15:18 · unit 3 — produce of the land only

Parashas Shelach · Aliyah 6 · Passuk 18

The Complete Passuk

דַּבֵּר֙ אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְאָמַרְתָּ֖ אֲלֵהֶ֑ם בְּבֹֽאֲכֶם֙ אֶל־הָאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲנִ֛י מֵבִ֥יא אֶתְכֶ֖ם שָֽׁמָּה׃

…to which I am bringing you.

Chabad.org — 15:18

Source Citation

Torah Temimah: R’ Akiva — produce of Eretz Yisrael that left the land is exempt.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא אוֹמֵר: פֵּירוֹת אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁיָּצְאוּ לְחוּץ לָאָרֶץ פְּטוּרִים מֵחַלָּה, מַאי טַעְמָא? דִּכְתִיב ״אֲשֶׁר אֲנִי מֵבִיא אֶתְכֶם שָׁמָּה״ — שָׁמָּה אַתֶּם חַיָּבִים, וְאֵין אַתֶּם חַיָּבִים בְּחוּץ לָאָרֶץ.

English: R’ Akiva says: Produce of the Land of Israel that went outside the land is exempt from challah… “there” you are obligated, and you are not obligated outside the land.

Type of Learning

Geographic limit of the biblical obligation.

What Is Learned

“There” restricts the biblical challah duty to dough of produce while it remains of the land.