Derasha 3 on Shoftim 17:10

TT #68 · 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. אשר יבחר ה׳ — מלמד שצריך שיהא בית דין במקום אשר יבחר ה׳.

English: From that place that the Eternal will choose — this teaches that the court must sit in the place that God chooses.

On the daf / in context

The legitimacy of the high court is tied to its location in the chosen place.

Type of Learning

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

What Is Learned

The Great Court’s authority is bound to its sitting in the divinely chosen location.