Derasha 9 on Shoftim 17:11

TT #77 · Parashas Shoftim · First Aliyah · Passuk 11

The Complete Passuk

עַל־פִּ֨י הַתּוֹרָ֜ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר יוֹר֗וּךָ וְעַל־הַמִּשְׁפָּ֛ט אֲשֶׁר־יֹאמְר֥וּ לְךָ֖ תַּעֲשֶׂ֑ה לֹ֣א תָס֗וּר מִן־הַדָּבָ֛ר אֲשֶׁר־יַגִּ֥ידֽוּ לְךָ֖ יָמִ֥ין וּשְׂמֹֽאל׃

You shall act in accordance with the instructions given you and the ruling handed down to you; you must not deviate from the verdict that they announce to you either to the right or to the left.

Chabad / Judaica Press

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sanhedrin / Sifrei.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

ימין ושמאל. מכאן שבית דין מתנים לעקור דבר מן התורה בשב ואל תעשה.

English: Right and left — from here [we learn] that a court may stipulate to uproot a matter from the Torah by passive inaction.

On the daf / in context

The authority of the court extends, under defined conditions, to temporary suspension of positive commandments by shev ve-al ta’aseh.

Type of Learning

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

What Is Learned

Under proper conditions the high court may suspend a Torah obligation by instructing passive non-performance.