Eikev 7:26 · unit 3

Parashas Eikev · Passuk 7:26

The Complete Passuk

וְלֹא־תָבִ֤יא תֽוֹעֵבָה֙ אֶל־בֵּיתֶ֔ךָ וְהָיִ֥יתָ חֵ֖רֶם כָּמֹ֑הוּ שַׁקֵּ֧ץ ׀ תְּשַׁקְּצֶ֛נּוּ וְתַעֵ֥ב ׀ תְּֽתַעֲבֶ֖נּוּ כִּי־חֵ֥רֶם הֽוּא׃ {פ}

You must not bring an abhorrent thing into your house, or you will be proscribed like it; you must reject it as abominable and abhorrent, for it is proscribed.

Chabad / Judaica Press

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Avodah Zarah 21a.

TT lemma: אל ביתך (unit 3 of 7).

Sefaria — Avodah Zarah 21a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
אל ביתך. אין משכירין בתי דירה לעובדי כוכבים בארץ ישראל מפני שמכניסין לתוכן עבודת כוכבים, וכתיב ולא תביא תועבה אל ביתך

English: “To your house”: dwelling houses are not rented to non-Jews in the Land of Israel because they bring idols into them, as it is written, “You shall not bring an abomination into your house.”

On the daf / in context: Avodah Zarah 21a.

Type of Learning

Custom (renting houses in the Land)

What Is Learned

In Eretz Yisrael one may not rent a dwelling to a non-Jew who will introduce idols into it.