Shoftim 21:03 · unit 8

TT #360 · Parashas Shoftim · Seventh Aliyah · Passuk 21:03

The Complete Passuk

וְהָיָ֣ה הָעִ֔יר הַקְּרֹבָ֖ה אֶל־הֶחָלָ֑ל וְלָֽקְח֡וּ זִקְנֵי֩ הָעִ֨יר הַהִ֜וא עֶגְלַ֣ת בָּקָ֗ר אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹֽא־עֻבַּד֙ בָּ֔הּ אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־מָשְׁכָ֖ה בְּעֹֽל׃

And it shall be, the city nearest to the slain person – the elders of that city shall take a heifer of the herd that has not been worked and that has not drawn a yoke.

Chabad / Judaica Press

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sotah 46a.

TT lemma: אֲשֶׁר לֹא עֻבַּד בָּהּ אֲשֶׁר לֹא מָשְׁכָה בְּעֹל.

Sefaria — Sotah 46a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
אֲשֶׁר לֹא עֻבַּד בָּהּ אֲשֶׁר לֹא מָשְׁכָה בְּעֹל – שְׁנֵי תְנָאִים.

English: ‘That has not been worked and that has not drawn a yoke’ – two conditions.

On the daf / in context: Both conditions must be met.

Type of Learning

Derash on the double requirement (Bavli) — freedom from work and from the yoke are both necessary.

What Is Learned

The heifer must satisfy both: it has never been worked and has never drawn a yoke.