Eikev 11:21 · unit 3

Parashas Eikev · Passuk 11:21

The Complete Passuk

לְמַ֨עַן יִרְבּ֤וּ יְמֵיכֶם֙ וִימֵ֣י בְנֵיכֶ֔ם עַ֚ל הָֽאֲדָמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר נִשְׁבַּ֧ע יְהֹוָ֛ה לַאֲבֹתֵיכֶ֖ם לָתֵ֣ת לָהֶ֑ם כִּימֵ֥י הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ*(בספרי תימן הָאָֽרֶץ בצד״י גדולה)׃ {ס}        

to the end that you and your children may endure, in the land that GOD swore to your fathersifathers See note at 1.35. to assign to them, as long as there is a heaven over the earth.

Chabad / Judaica Press

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Yerushalmi ברכות.

TT lemma: למען ירבו ימיכם (unit 3 of 9).

Sefaria — related source

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
תניא, מפני מה קורין שלש פרשיות ק"ש בכל יום, א"ר לוי, מפני שעשרת הדברות כלולות בהם, כבד את אביך ואת אמך למען יאריכון ימיך – למען ירבו ימיכם.

English: It was taught: Why do we recite the three paragraphs of Shema every day? Rabbi Levi said: Because the Ten Commandments are included in them. “Honor your father and your mother” — “in order that your days may be lengthened” — corresponds to “in order that your days may be multiplied.”

On the daf / in context: Torah Temimah places this derasha on Devarim 11:21. 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

The oath-land is the natural home of this promise; Chazal wrestle with long life in the diaspora under the same verse.