Shoftim 18:06 · unit 2

TT #166 · Parashas Shoftim · Fourth Aliyah · Passuk 18:06

The Complete Passuk

וְכִֽי־יָבֹ֨א הַלֵּוִ֜י מֵאַחַ֤ד שְׁעָרֶ֙יךָ֙ מִכׇּל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֲשֶׁר־ה֖וּא גָּ֣ר שָׁ֑ם וּבָא֙ בְּכׇל־אַוַּ֣ת נַפְשׁ֔וֹ אֶל־הַמָּק֖וֹם אֲשֶׁר־יִבְחַ֥ר יְהֹוָֽה׃

And if a Levi comes from one of your gates, from all of Yisrael where he sojourns, and he comes with all the desire of his soul to the place that the Eternal will choose,

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Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sifrei Devarim 168.

TT lemma: מֵאַחַד שְׁעָרֶיךָ.

Sefaria — Sifrei Devarim 168

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
מֵאַחַד שְׁעָרֶיךָ מִכׇּל יִשְׂרָאֵל – לְרַבּוֹת אֶת כׇּל הַמְּקוֹמוֹת.

English: ‘From one of your gates, from all of Yisrael’ – to include all the places.

On the daf / in context: Any Levi from any settlement may come.

Type of Learning

Derash expanding the geographic scope (Sifrei) — the language covers every settlement in Yisrael.

What Is Learned

A Levi from any town in Yisrael is entitled to come to the chosen place and serve.