Eikev 8:10 · unit 7

Parashas Eikev · Passuk 8:10

The Complete Passuk

וְאָכַלְתָּ֖ וְשָׂבָ֑עְתָּ וּבֵֽרַכְתָּ֙ אֶת־יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ עַל־הָאָ֥רֶץ הַטֹּבָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָֽתַן־לָֽךְ׃

When you have eaten your fill, give thanks to the ETERNAL your God for the good land given to you.

Chabad / Judaica Press

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Yerushalmi Berachos / Rosh Hashanah 29a theme.

TT lemma: ואכלת ושבעת וברכת (unit 7 of 14).

Sefaria — Yerushalmi Berachos / Rosh Hashanah 29a theme

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
ואכלת ושבעת וברכת. תניא, כל מצות שאדם פטור מוציא את הרבים ידי חובתן, חוץ מברכת המזון, דכתיב בה ואכלת ושבעת וברכת – מי שאכל הוא יברך

English: It was taught: One who is exempt from a commandment can discharge others’ obligation, except for Birkat HaMazon, as it is written, “you shall eat and be satisfied and bless” — the one who ate should bless.

On the daf / in context: Theme in Rosh Hashanah 29a and Yerushalmi on berachot.

Type of Learning

Custom (who may be motzi others in Birkat HaMazon)

What Is Learned

Unlike shofar or megillah, one who has already said Birkat HaMazon cannot discharge those who have not yet eaten and blessed.