Reeh 11:29 · unit 1

TT #2 · Parashas Reeh · First Aliyah · Passuk 11:29

The Complete Passuk

וְהָיָ֗ה כִּ֤י יְבִֽיאֲךָ֙ יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ אֶל־הָאָ֕רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּ֥ה בָא־שָׁ֖מָּה לְרִשְׁתָּ֑הּ וְנָתַתָּ֤ה אֶת־הַבְּרָכָה֙ עַל־הַ֣ר גְּרִזִ֔ים וְאֶת־הַקְּלָלָ֖ה עַל־הַ֥ר עֵיבָֽל׃

And it shall be, when Hashem your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess it, that you shall place the blessing upon Mount Gerizim and the curse upon Mount Eival.

Chabad.org — 11:29

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sifrei / Kiddushin 37a.

Sefaria — Kiddushin 37a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
וְהָיָה כִּי יְבִיאֲךָ – תַּנְיָא, אֵין וְהָיָה אֶלָּא מִיָּד, כִּי יְבִיאֲךָ – עֲשֵׂה מִצְוָה זוֹ שֶׁבִּשְׂכָרָהּ תִּכָּנֵס לָאָרֶץ.

English: “And it shall be when He brings you” — It was taught: “And it shall be” means immediately. “When He brings you” — perform this mitzvah, for in its merit you will enter the Land.

On the daf / in context: The language teaches that the ceremony of the blessings and curses on the two mountains is to be performed at once upon entering the border of the Land, and that the merit of this mitzvah itself helps bring about the conquest of the entire Land.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Sifrei / Bavli) — temporal immediacy of “vehayah” and reward of the mitzvah for entry into the Land.

What Is Learned

The mitzvah of placing the blessing and the curse on the two mountains is to be performed immediately upon entry, and its merit assists the conquest of the Land.