Eikev 7:26 · unit 5

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 Temurah 30b.

TT lemma: והיית חרם כמהו (unit 5 of 7).

Sefaria — Temurah 30b

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
והיית חרם כמהו. אמר רב אחדבוי בר אמי אמר רב, המקדש בפרש עגלי עבודת כוכבים אינה מקודשת, דאמר קרא והיית חרם כמהו, כל שאתה מהייה ממנו הרי הוא כמהו

English: Rav Achdavu bar Ami said in the name of Rav: If one betroths a woman with the dung of worshipped calves, the betrothal is ineffective, as it is written, “you shall be a ban like it”; whatever derives from it is like it.

On the daf / in context: Temurah 30b; Avodah Zarah 34b.

Type of Learning

Custom (dung of idolatrous calves — kiddushin)

What Is Learned

Even dung generated from idolatrous animals cannot effect betrothal; it is treated like the ban itself.