Derasha 2 on Shoftim 17:10

TT #67 · Parashas Shoftim · First Aliyah · Passuk 10

The Complete Passuk

וְעָשִׂ֗יתָ עַל־פִּ֤י הַדָּבָר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יַגִּ֣ידֽוּ לְךָ֔ מִן־הַמָּק֣וֹם הַה֔וּא אֲשֶׁ֖ר יִבְחַ֣ר יְהֹוָ֑ה וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֣ לַעֲשׂ֔וֹת כְּכֹ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר יוֹרֽוּךָ׃

you shall carry out the verdict that is announced to you from that place that God chose, observing scrupulously all their instructions to you.

Chabad / Judaica Press

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sanhedrin / Sifrei.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

מן המקום ההוא. אין לי אלא בזמן שיש מקדש, בזמן שאין מקדש מניין.

English: From that place — I know this only when the Temple stands; when there is no Temple, from where?

On the daf / in context

The obligation to follow the central court’s ruling continues even without the Temple.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Bavli / Sifrei) — not a formal named middah of the 13.

What Is Learned

The duty to obey the highest available court remains after the destruction of the Temple.