Reeh 12:14 · unit 2

TT #53 · Parashas Reeh · First Aliyah · Passuk 12:14

The Complete Passuk

כִּ֣י אִם־בַּמָּק֞וֹם אֲשֶׁר־יִבְחַ֤ר יְהֹוָה֙ בְּאַחַ֣ד שְׁבָטֶ֔יךָ שָׁ֖ם תַּעֲלֶ֣ה עֹלֹתֶ֑יךָ וְשָׁ֣ם תַּעֲשֶׂ֔ה כֹּ֛ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר אָנֹכִ֖י מְצַוֶּֽךָּ׃

But only in the place that Hashem will choose in one of your tribes — there you shall offer your burnt-offerings and there you shall do all that I command you.

Chabad.org — 12:14

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sifrei / Zevachim.

Sefaria — Sifrei Devarim

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
שָׁם תַּעֲלֶה וְשָׁם תַּעֲשֶׂה – הַשּׁוֹחֵט וְהַזּוֹרֵק קָדָשִׁים בַּחוּץ אֵינוֹ חַיָּב אֶלָּא אַחַת, דְּאָמַר קְרָא וְשָׁם תַּעֲשֶׂה, עֲשָׂאָן הַכָּתוּב לְכֻלָּן עֲבוֹדָה אַחַת, אֲבָל זָרַק וְהֶעֱלָה חַיָּב שְׁתַּיִם, דִּלְהָכִי פַּלְגִינְהוּ קְרָא שָׁם תַּעֲלֶה וְשָׁם תַּעֲשֶׂה.

English: “There you shall offer and there you shall do” — One who slaughters and sprinkles sacrificial blood outside is liable only once, for the verse says “and there you shall do” — Scripture made them all one service. But one who sprinkles and offers up is liable for two, for that is why the verse separated them: “there you shall offer and there you shall do.”

On the daf / in context: The grouping under a single “do” unifies certain acts into one liability, while the separate verbs create independent liability for others.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Sifrei) — the number of liabilities for outside sacrificial acts.

What Is Learned

Slaughtering and sprinkling outside count as a single liability; sprinkling and offering up create two separate liabilities.