Reeh 13:13 · unit 2

TT #144 · Parashas Reeh · Third Aliyah · Passuk 13:13

The Complete Passuk

כִּֽי־תִשְׁמַ֞ע בְּאַחַ֣ת עָרֶ֗יךָ אֲשֶׁר֩ יְהֹוָ֨ה אֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ נֹתֵ֥ן לְךָ֛ לָשֶׁ֥בֶת שָׁ֖ם לֵאמֹֽר׃

If you hear in one of your cities that Hashem your God is giving you to dwell there, saying,

Chabad.org — 13:13

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sanhedrin / Sifrei.

Sefaria — Sanhedrin / Sifrei

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
בְּאַחַת עָרֶיךָ – תַּנְיָא, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם אֵינָהּ נַעֲשֵׂית עִיר הַנִּדַּחַת, דִּכְתִיב עָרֶיךָ, וִירוּשָׁלַיִם לֹא נִתְחַלְּקָה לְשְׁבָטִים.

English: “In one of your cities” — It was taught: Yerushalayim cannot become an ir ha-nidachas, because the verse says “your cities,” and Yerushalayim was never apportioned among the tribes.

On the daf / in context: Since Yerushalayim was never divided among the tribes and was not given for ordinary dwelling in the same way, it is excluded from the law of the condemned city.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Sanhedrin) — Yerushalayim is excluded from the status of ir ha-nidachas.

What Is Learned

Yerushalayim can never be judged an ir ha-nidachas.