Reeh 13:6 · unit 4
TT #125 · Parashas Reeh · Third Aliyah · Passuk 13:6
The Complete Passuk
וְהַנָּבִ֣יא הַה֡וּא א֣וֹ חֹלֵם֩ הַחֲל֨וֹם הַה֜וּא יוּמָ֗ת כִּ֣י דִבֶּר־סָ֠רָה עַל־יְהֹוָ֨ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֜ם הַמּוֹצִ֥יא אֶתְכֶ֛ם מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרַ֖יִם וְהַפֹּדְךָ֣ מִבֵּ֣ית עֲבָדִ֑ים לְהַדִּֽיחֲךָ֙ מִן־הַדֶּ֔רֶךְ אֲשֶׁ֧ר צִוְּךָ֛ יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ לָלֶ֣כֶת בָּ֑הּ וּבִֽעַרְתָּ֥ הָרָ֖ע מִקִּרְבֶּֽךָ׃
And that prophet or that dreamer of a dream shall be put to death, for he has spoken falsity against Hashem your God Who brought you out of the land of Egypt and Who redeemed you from the house of bondage, to make you stray from the way that Hashem your God commanded you to walk in; and you shall purge the evil from your midst.
Chabad.org — 13:6
Source Citation
Torah Temimah points to Sanhedrin .
Sefaria — Sanhedrin
Core Text of Chazal
Core Text
לָלֶכֶת בָּהּ – לָלֶכֶת זוֹ מִצְוַת עֲשֵׂה, בָּהּ זוֹ מִצְוַת לֹא תַעֲשֶׂה.
English: “To walk in it” — “to walk” refers to a positive commandment; “in it” refers to a negative commandment.
On the daf / in context: The verse covers both forms of deviation: abandoning a positive commandment or violating a negative commandment.
Type of Learning
Derash on the verse (Sanhedrin) — the false prophet’s crime includes both positive and negative commandments.
What Is Learned
Leading astray applies equally whether one is drawn away from a positive mitzvah or toward the violation of a negative mitzvah.
Source pointed to by Torah Temimah: Sanhedrin. Only Chazal’s words and what they derived are presented. Ashkenazi transliteration.