Reeh 13:16 · unit 3

TT #164 · Parashas Reeh · Third Aliyah · Passuk 13:16

The Complete Passuk

הַכֵּ֣ה תַכֶּ֗ה אֶת־יֹֽשְׁבֵ֛י הָעִ֥יר הַהִ֖וא לְפִי־חָ֑רֶב הַחֲרֵ֨ם אֹתָ֧הּ וְאֶת־כׇּל־אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֛הּ וְאֶת־בְּהֶמְתָּ֖הּ לְפִי־חָֽרֶב׃

You shall surely strike the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword; you shall devote it and all that is in it and its animals to destruction with the edge of the sword.

Chabad.org — 13:16

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sanhedrin.

Sefaria — Sanhedrin

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
כׇּל אֲשֶׁר בָּהּ – אֲשֶׁר בָּהּ פְּרָט לְנִכְסֵי צַדִּיקִים שֶׁבַּחוּצָה לָהּ, כׇּל אֲשֶׁר בָּהּ לְרַבּוֹת נִכְסֵי צַדִּיקִים שֶׁבְּתוֹכָהּ.

English: “All that is in it” — “that is in it” excludes the property of the righteous that is outside it; “all that is in it” includes the property of the righteous that is inside it.

On the daf / in context: Property of the righteous that happens to be inside the condemned city is destroyed, while their property located outside is spared. Rabbi Shimon explains that it was their wealth that caused them to dwell there.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Sanhedrin) — the fate of the property of the righteous inside versus outside the city.

What Is Learned

Property of the righteous that is inside the ir ha-nidachas is destroyed; property of the righteous that is outside is spared.