Reeh 12:06 · unit 4

TT #39 · Parashas Reeh · First Aliyah · Passuk 12:06

The Complete Passuk

וַהֲבֵאתֶ֣ם שָׁ֗מָּה עֹלֹתֵיכֶם֙ וְזִבְחֵיכֶ֔ם וְאֵת֙ מַעְשְׂרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם וְאֵ֖ת תְּרוּמַ֣ת יֶדְכֶ֑ם וְנִדְרֵיכֶם֙ וְנִדְבֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם וּבְכֹרֹ֥ת בְּקַרְכֶ֖ם וְצֹאנְכֶֽם׃

And you shall bring there your burnt-offerings and your sacrifices, and your tithes and the contribution of your hand, and your vows and your freewill-offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock.

Chabad.org — 12:06

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Chullin 135b.

Sefaria — Chullin 135b

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
וּבְכֹרֹת בְּקַרְכֶם וְצֹאנְכֶם – לְרַבּוֹת בֶּהֱמַת הַשֻּׁתָּפִין שֶׁחַיֶּבֶת בַּבְּכוֹרָה.

English: “And the firstborn of your herd and of your flock” — to include the animal of partners, which is subject to the law of the firstborn.

On the daf / in context: Even though a later verse uses singular language, the plural form here brings partnership animals of Israelites into the obligation of bechorah (while a non-Jewish partner is excluded elsewhere).

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Sifrei / Bavli) — extending bechorah to jointly owned animals.

What Is Learned

An animal owned in partnership by Israelites is subject to the firstborn laws.