Eikev 11:19 · unit 1

Parashas Eikev · Passuk 11:19

The Complete Passuk

וְלִמַּדְתֶּ֥ם אֹתָ֛ם אֶת־בְּנֵיכֶ֖ם לְדַבֵּ֣ר בָּ֑ם בְּשִׁבְתְּךָ֤ בְּבֵיתֶ֙ךָ֙ וּבְלֶכְתְּךָ֣ בַדֶּ֔רֶךְ וּֽבְשׇׁכְבְּךָ֖ וּבְקוּמֶֽךָ׃

and teach them to your children—reciting them when you stay at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you get up;

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Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Berachos 15b.

TT lemma: ולמדתם מהו ולמדתם – שתהא למודך תם, שיתן ריוח בין הדבקים, כגון בכל לבבך (unit 1 of 10).

Sefaria — related source

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
ולמדתם מהו ולמדתם – שתהא למודך תם, שיתן ריוח בין הדבקים, כגון בכל לבבך, על לבבך, בכל לבבכם, עשב בשדך, ואבדתם מהרה, על לבבכם, הכנף פתיל, אתכם מארץ

English: “And you shall teach them” — your learning must be complete: leave a space between words that might run together, such as “bekhol levavekha,” “al levavekha,” “bekhol levavkhem,” “esev besadkha,” “va’avadtem meherah,” “al levavkhem,” “hakanaf petil,” and “etkhem me’eretz.”

On the daf / in context: Torah Temimah places this derasha on Devarim 11:19. The Core Text is the words of Chazal (as transmitted in the source named above).

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Bavli sugya) — not a formal named middah of the 13

The Gemara uses this passuk in a sugya (proof, illustration, or dispute). Named as one of R' Yishmael’s 13 or R' Eliezer’s 32 only when that move is explicit.

What Is Learned

Teaching includes clear articulation: the learner must separate the joined letters so the words of Shema stay distinct.