Reeh 14:25 · unit 5

TT #250 · Parashas Reeh · Fifth Aliyah · Passuk 14:25

The Complete Passuk

וְנָתַתָּ֖ה בַּכָּ֑סֶף וְצַרְתָּ֤ הַכֶּ֙סֶף֙ בְּיָ֣דְךָ֔ וְהָֽלַכְתָּ֙ אֶל־הַמָּק֔וֹם אֲשֶׁ֥ר יִבְחַ֛ר יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ בּֽוֹ׃

Then you shall turn it into money, and bind up the money in your hand, and go to the place that Hashem your God shall choose.

Chabad.org — 14:25

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Bava Metzia.

Sefaria — Bava Metzia

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
בְּיָדְךָ – הַמַּפְקִיד מָעוֹת אֵצֶל חֲבֵרוֹ, צְרָרָן וְהִפְשִׁילָן לַאֲחוֹרָיו חַיָּב, דַּאֲמַר קְרָא וְצַרְתָּ הַכֶּסֶף בְּיָדְךָ – אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁצְּרוּרִין יִהְיוּ בְּיָדְךָ.

English: "In your hand" — One who deposits money with another [to carry on the road]: if he tied it up and slung it over his shoulder [and it was lost by accident], he is liable, for the verse says "and you shall bind up the money in your hand" — even when it is bound up it must still be in your hand.

On the daf / in context: Proper care of money while traveling requires that it remain under direct personal control; merely tying it and carrying it on the back is insufficient.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Bava Metzia) — standard of care for deposited money on the road.

What Is Learned

A bailee who carries deposited money on the road is liable if he merely ties it and slings it behind him; the money must remain in hand.