Pinchas 27:23 · unit 1 — one does not envy one’s own student

Parashas Pinchas · Passuk 27:23

The Complete Passuk

וַיִּסְמֹךְ אֶת־יָדָיו עָלָיו וַיְצַוֵּהוּ כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר ה׳ בְּיַד־מֹשֶׁה׃

And he laid his hands upon him and charged him, as Hashem had spoken by the hand of Moshe.

Torah Temimah: Sanhedrin 105b

Core Text

אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹסֵי בְּרַבִּי חֲנִינָא מִכָּאן שֶׁאֵין אָדָם מִתְקַנֵּא בְּתַלְמִידוֹ.

English: R. Yose b. R. Chanina said: from here [we learn] that a person does not envy his student.

Moral inference from Moshe’s full semichah.

Moshe’s willing transfer of authority models absence of envy toward a disciple.