Reeh 14:24 · unit 2

TT #244 · Parashas Reeh · Fifth Aliyah · Passuk 14:24

The Complete Passuk

וְכִֽי־יִרְבֶּ֨ה מִמְּךָ֜ הַדֶּ֗רֶךְ כִּ֣י לֹ֣א תוּכַל֮ שְׂאֵתוֹ֒ כִּֽי־יִרְחַ֤ק מִמְּךָ֙ הַמָּק֔וֹם אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִבְחַ֜ר יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ לָשׂ֤וּם שְׁמוֹ֙ שָׁ֔ם כִּ֥י יְבָרֶכְךָ֖ יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃

And if the way be too long for you, so that you are not able to carry it, because the place is too far from you which Hashem your God shall choose to set His Name there, when Hashem your God blesses you.

Chabad.org — 14:24

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Bava Metzia.

Sefaria — Bava Metzia

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
לֹא תוּכַל שְׂאֵתוֹ – אָמַר רַב בִּיבִי אָמַר רַב אַסִּי, מִנַּיִן לְמַעֲשֵׂר שֵׁנִי טָהוֹר שֶׁפּוֹדִין אוֹתוֹ אֲפִלּוּ בִּפְסִיעָה אַחַת חוּץ לַחוֹמָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר כִּי לֹא תוּכַל שְׂאֵתוֹ.

English: "You are not able to carry it" — Rav Bibi said in the name of Rav Asi: From where do we know that pure ma’aser sheni may be redeemed even one step outside the wall? From the verse "for you are not able to carry it."

On the daf / in context: Once the produce has left the walls of Yerushalayim, even by a single step, it may be redeemed.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Bava Metzia) — redemption is permitted one step outside the wall.

What Is Learned

Pure ma’aser sheni may be redeemed as soon as it is taken even one step outside the wall of Yerushalayim.