Eikev 8:5 · unit 1

Parashas Eikev · Passuk 8:5

The Complete Passuk

וְיָדַעְתָּ֖ עִם־לְבָבֶ֑ךָ כִּ֗י כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר יְיַסֵּ֥ר אִישׁ֙ אֶת־בְּנ֔וֹ יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ מְיַסְּרֶֽךָּ׃

Bear in mind that the ETERNAL your God disciplines you just as a manbman See note at 1.31. disciplines his son.

Chabad / Judaica Press

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Berachos 5a.

TT lemma: כאשר ייסר וגו'.

Sefaria — Berachos 5a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
כאשר ייסר וגו'. תניא, ר' שמעון בן יוחאי אומר, כתיב כאשר ייסר איש את בנו ה' אלהיך מיסרך וסמיך ליה כי ה' אלהיך מביאך אל ארץ טובה, מלמד שלא נתנה א"י לישראל אלא ע"י יסורים

English: It was taught: R’ Shimon ben Yochai says: “As a man disciplines his son, Hashem your God disciplines you,” and next to it, “For Hashem your God is bringing you into a good land.” This teaches that Eretz Yisrael was given to Israel only through suffering.

On the daf / in context: Berachos 5a; cf. Sotah 14a on Moshe’s desire to enter the Land for its mitzvot.

Type of Learning

Custom (juxtaposition — discipline and the Land)

What Is Learned

Eretz Yisrael is acquired through yissurim; its goal is Torah life, not only material good.