Reeh 14:26 · unit 4

TT #255 · Parashas Reeh · Fifth Aliyah · Passuk 14:26

The Complete Passuk

וְנָתַתָּ֣ה הַכֶּ֡סֶף בְּכֹל֩ אֲשֶׁר־תְּאַוֶּ֨ה נַפְשְׁךָ֜ בַּבָּקָ֣ר וּבַצֹּ֗אן וּבַיַּ֙יִן֙ וּבַשֵּׁכָ֔ר וּבְכֹ֛ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר תִּֽשְׁאָלְךָ֖ נַפְשֶׁ֑ךָ וְאָכַלְתָּ֞ שָׁ֗ם לִפְנֵי֙ יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ וְשָׂמַחְתָּ֖ אַתָּ֥ה וּבֵיתֶֽךָ׃

And you shall spend the money for whatever your soul desires—for oxen or for sheep or for wine or for strong drink or for whatever your soul asks of you—and you shall eat there before Hashem your God and you shall rejoice, you and your household.

Chabad.org — 14:26

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Maaser Sheni.

Sefaria — Maaser Sheni

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
בַּבָּקָר וּבַצֹּאן וגו׳ – תַּנְיָא, בֶּן בַּג בַּג אוֹמֵר, בַּבָּקָר – מְלַמֵּד שֶׁלּוֹקְחִין בָּקָר עַל גַּב עוֹרוֹ, וּבַצֹּאן – מְלַמֵּד שֶׁלּוֹקְחִין צֹאן עַל גַּב גִּזָּתָהּ, וּבַיַּיִן – מְלַמֵּד שֶׁלּוֹקְחִין יַיִן עַל גַּב קַנְקַנּוֹ.

English: "For oxen or for sheep..." — It was taught: Ben Bag Bag says: "for oxen" teaches that one may purchase an ox together with its hide; "for sheep" teaches that one may purchase a sheep together with its fleece; "for wine" teaches that one may purchase wine together with its jar.

On the daf / in context: When buying an animal or wine for ma’aser-sheni consumption the incidental hide, fleece or container becomes ordinary property and need not be eaten in Yerushalayim.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Maaser Sheni) — incidental parts accompany the purchase.

What Is Learned

When one buys an ox, a sheep or wine with ma’aser-sheni money, the hide, the fleece and the jar respectively become ordinary property.