Reeh 14:26 · unit 9

TT #260 · 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 Yerushalmi Pesachim.

Sefaria — Yerushalmi Pesachim

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
אַתָּה וּבֵיתֶךָ – מִכָּאן שֶׁהַבַּעַל מֵבִיא קָרְבָּן עַל אִשְׁתּוֹ אֲפִלּוּ שֶׁלֹּא מִדַּעְתָּהּ.

English: "You and your household" — from here we learn that a husband may bring a sacrifice on behalf of his wife even without her knowledge.

On the daf / in context: Because the husband’s own rejoicing depends on his wife’s ability to eat of the sacred food, he is empowered to supply the offerings that restore her purity.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Yerushalmi) — a husband may bring his wife’s purification offerings.

What Is Learned

A husband may bring the sacrifices required for his wife’s purification even without her explicit consent, so that they may rejoice together.