Eikev 11:19 · unit 9

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;

Chabad / Judaica Press

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Yerushalmi קדושין.

TT lemma: את בניכם (unit 9 of 10).

Sefaria — related source

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
את בניכם. האב זוכה לבן בחכמה, דכתיב ולמדתם אותם את בניכם

English: “Your sons” — a father merits a son who is wise, as it is written, “and you shall teach them to your sons.”

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 (Yerushalmi sugya) — not a formal named middah of the 13

Amoraic discussion in the Yerushalmi built on this passuk.

What Is Learned

Torah is for the house and the road; readiness to answer without hesitation is part of “teaching them.”