Reeh 15:14 · unit 1

TT #315 · Parashas Reeh · Sixth Aliyah · Passuk 15:14

The Complete Passuk

הַעֲנֵ֤יק תַּעֲנִיק֙ ל֔וֹ מִצֹּ֣אנְךָ֔ וּמִֽגׇּרְנְךָ֖ וּמִיִּקְבֶ֑ךָ אֲשֶׁר֙ בֵּרַכְךָ֣ יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ תִּתֶּן־לֽוֹ׃

You shall surely furnish him liberally from your flock and from your threshing floor and from your winepress; of that with which Hashem your God has blessed you, you shall give to him.

Chabad.org — 15:14

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Kiddushin.

Sefaria — Kiddushin

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
הַעֲנֵיק תַּעֲנִיק – יָכוֹל נִתְבָּרֵךְ הַבַּיִת בִּגְלָלוֹ מַעֲנִיקִים לוֹ, לֹא נִתְבָּרֵךְ אֵין מַעֲנִיקִים לוֹ, תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר הַעֲנֵיק תַּעֲנִיק מִכׇּל מָקוֹם; אִם כֵּן מַה תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר אֲשֶׁר בֵּרַכְךָ ה', הַכֹּל לְפִי בְּרָכָה תֵּן לוֹ.

English: "You shall surely furnish" — One might have thought that only if the household was blessed on his account do we furnish him, and if it was not blessed we do not; therefore the verse says "you shall surely furnish"—in every case. If so, what is the force of "with which Hashem has blessed you"? Give him according to the blessing.

On the daf / in context: The grant is obligatory whether or not the master prospered, yet its size is proportional to the blessing received.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Kiddushin) — the grant is always required, its size varies with the blessing.

What Is Learned

One must always give a parting grant to a departing Hebrew slave; the amount is determined by the degree of blessing the master received.