Derasha on Bamidbar 35:29 · TT unit 2

Parashas Masei · Passuk 35:29 · TT note 2

The Complete Passuk

וְהָי֨וּ אֵ֧לֶּה לָכֶ֛ם לְחֻקַּ֥ת מִשְׁפָּ֖ט לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶ֑ם בְּכֹ֖ל מוֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶֽם׃

Torah Temimah points to Makkos 7a (TT note on “בְּכֹל מוֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶם”).

Core Text — Makkos 7a

בְּכֹל מוֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶם — לִמַּדְנוּ לְסַנְהֶדְרִין שֶׁנּוֹהֶגֶת גַּם בָּאָרֶץ וּבְחוּץ לָאָרֶץ.

English: “In all your dwellings” — we learn that the Sanhedrin operates both in the Land and outside the Land.

Geographic scope of the judicial system tied to these laws.

The courts that adjudicate unintentional homicide and exile function in every Jewish dwelling, whether in Eretz Yisrael or in the diaspora.