Eikev 11:12 · unit 3

Parashas Eikev · Passuk 11:12

The Complete Passuk

אֶ֕רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ דֹּרֵ֣שׁ אֹתָ֑הּ תָּמִ֗יד עֵינֵ֨י יְהֹוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ בָּ֔הּ מֵֽרֵשִׁית֙ הַשָּׁנָ֔ה וְעַ֖ד אַחֲרִ֥ית שָׁנָֽה׃ {ס}        

It is a land that the ETERNAL your God looks after, on which the ETERNAL your God always keeps an eye, from year’s beginning to year’s end.

Chabad / Judaica Press

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Rosh Hashanah 8a.

TT lemma: מרשית השנה וגו' (unit 3 of 4).

Sefaria — Rosh Hashanah 8a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
מרשית השנה וגו'. באחד בתשרי ר"ה לשנים, למאי הלכתא, אמר רב נחמן בר יצחק, לדין, דכתיב מראשית השנה ועד אחרית שנה, מראשית השנה נדון מה יהא בסופה

English: “From the beginning of the year.” On the first of Tishrei is the New Year for years. For what legal purpose? Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak said: For judgment, as it is written, “from the beginning of the year to the year’s end”; from the beginning of the year it is judged what its end will be.

On the daf / in context: Rosh Hashanah 8a.

Type of Learning

Custom (Rosh Hashanah as day of judgment for the year)

What Is Learned

The year’s fate is judged at its beginning in Tishrei; the verse supplies the span of that judgment.