Shelach 15:31 · unit 3 — denying Torah from Heaven

Parashas Shelach · Aliyah 6 · Passuk 31

The Complete Passuk

כִּ֤י דְבַר־יְהֹוָה֙ בָּזָ֔ה וְאֶת־מִצְוָת֖וֹ הֵפַ֑ר …

Because he has despised the word of Hashem…

Chabad.org — 15:31

Source Citation

Torah Temimah: even saying “all the Torah is from Heaven except this verse” falls under the verse.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
תַּנְיָא אִידַּךְ: ״כִּי דְבַר ה׳ בָּזָה״ — זֶה הָאוֹמֵר אֵין תּוֹרָה מִן הַשָּׁמַיִם; וַאֲפִילּוּ אָמַר כׇּל הַתּוֹרָה כֻּלָּהּ מִן הַשָּׁמַיִם חוּץ מִפָּסוּק זֶה … הֲרֵי הוּא בִּכְלַל ״כִּי דְבַר ה׳ בָּזָה״.

English: It was taught in another baraisa: “Because he has despised the word of Hashem” — this is one who says there is no Torah from Heaven; and even if he said the whole Torah is from Heaven except this verse… he is included.

Type of Learning

Partial denial is still denial.

What Is Learned

Rejecting even one verse or one derashah as not from Heaven is treated as despising Hashem’s word.