Reeh 15:20 · unit 3

TT #351 · Parashas Reeh · Sixth Aliyah · Passuk 15:20

The Complete Passuk

לִפְנֵי֩ יְהֹוָ֨ה אֱלֹהֶ֤יךָ תֹאכְלֶ֙נּוּ֙ שָׁנָ֣ה בְשָׁנָ֔ה בַּמָּק֖וֹם אֲשֶׁר־יִבְחַ֣ר יְהֹוָ֑ה אַתָּ֖ה וּבֵיתֶֽךָ׃

Before Hashem your God you shall eat it year by year in the place that Hashem will choose, you and your household.

Chabad.org — 15:20

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Bekhoros.

Sefaria — Bekhoros

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
שָׁנָה בְשָׁנָה – תָּנָא דְּבֵי רַב, שָׁנָה בְשָׁנָה, יוֹם אֶחָד בְּשָׁנָה זוֹ וְיוֹם אֶחָד בְּשָׁנָה זוֹ, לִמֵּד עַל הַבְּכוֹר שֶׁנֶּאֱכָל לִשְׁנֵי יָמִים וְלַיְלָה אֶחָד.

English: "Year by year" — A teaching of the school of Rav: "year by year"—one day in this year and one day in that year; this teaches that a firstborn may be eaten for two days and one night.

On the daf / in context: When a firstborn is slaughtered at the end of its year, the consumption period extends into the following calendar day.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Bekhoros) — a firstborn may be eaten for two days and one night.

What Is Learned

A firstborn animal that is slaughtered at the end of its year may be eaten for two days and the intervening night.