Eikev 10:2 · unit 1

Parashas Eikev · Passuk 10:2

The Complete Passuk

וְאֶכְתֹּב֙ עַל־הַלֻּחֹ֔ת אֶ֨ת־הַדְּבָרִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר הָי֛וּ עַל־הַלֻּחֹ֥ת הָרִאשֹׁנִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר שִׁבַּ֑רְתָּ וְשַׂמְתָּ֖ם בָּאָרֽוֹן׃

I will inscribe on the tablets the commandments that were on the first tablets that you smashed, and you shall deposit them in the ark.”

Chabad / Judaica Press

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Yerushalmi Taanis 4:4 / Shabbos 87a.

TT lemma: אשר שברת (unit 1 of 2).

Sefaria — Yerushalmi Taanis 4:4 / Shabbos 87a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
אשר שברת. תנא רבי ישמעאל, הקב"ה אמר לו שישברם, שנאמר אשר שברת, אמר לו, יפה עשית ששברת

English: R’ Yishmael taught: The Holy One said to him that he should break them, as it is said, “which you broke”; He said to him, “You did well that you broke them.”

On the daf / in context: Shabbos 87a; Yerushalmi Taanis 4:4.

Type of Learning

Custom (divine approval of smashing the tablets)

What Is Learned

God endorsed Moshe’s breaking of the first tablets; the phrase “which you broke” is midrashically words of assent.