Derasha on Bamidbar 36:6 · TT unit 1

Parashas Masei · Passuk 36:6 · TT note 1

The Complete Passuk

זֶ֣ה הַדָּבָ֞ר אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֣ה יְהֹוָ֗ה לִבְנ֤וֹת צְלָפְחָד֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לַטּ֥וֹב בְּעֵינֵיהֶ֖ם תִּהְיֶ֣ינָה לְנָשִׁ֑ים אַ֗ךְ לְמִשְׁפַּ֛חַת מַטֵּ֥ה אֲבִיהֶ֖ם תִּהְיֶ֥ינָה לְנָשִֽׁים׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Ta'anis 30b (TT note on “זֶה הַדָּבָר”).

E-Daf — Ta'anis 30b · Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Ta'anis 30b
תַּנְיָא, אָמַר רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל, בַּחֲמִשָּׁה עָשָׂר בְּאָב הֻתְּרוּ הַשְּׁבָטִים לָבֹא זֶה בָּזֶה, מַאי דָּרוּשׁ — זֶה הַדָּבָר, דָּבָר זֶה לֹא יְהֵא נוֹהֵג אֶלָּא בְּדוֹר זֶה.

English: It was taught: Rabbi Shimon ben Gamliel said, on the fifteenth of Av the tribes were permitted to intermarry with one another. What did they expound? “This is the matter” — this matter shall apply only in this generation.

Type of Learning

Time-bound restriction on inter-tribal marriage limited to the land-division generation.

What Is Learned

The requirement that heiresses marry within the tribe was for the generation of the conquest; from 15 Av onward inter-tribal marriage was permitted.