Shoftim 21:04 · unit 4
TT #364 · Parashas Shoftim · Seventh Aliyah · Passuk 21:04
The Complete Passuk
וְהוֹרִ֡דוּ זִקְנֵי֩ הָעִ֨יר הַהִ֤וא אֶת־הָעֶגְלָה֙ אֶל־נַ֣חַל אֵיתָ֔ן אֲשֶׁ֛ר לֹא־יֵעָבֵ֥ד בּ֖וֹ וְלֹ֣א יִזָּרֵ֑עַ וְעָֽרְפוּ־שָׁם֙ אֶת־הָ֣עֶגְלָ֔ה בַּנָּ֖חַל׃
And the elders of that city shall bring the heifer down to a hard valley that has not been worked and has not been sown, and they shall break the neck of the heifer there in the valley.
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Source Citation
Torah Temimah points to Sifrei Devarim 207 .
TT lemma: וְהוֹרִדוּ זִקְנֵי הָעִיר .
Sefaria — Sifrei Devarim 207
Core Text of Chazal
Core Text
וְהוֹרִדוּ זִקְנֵי הָעִיר הַהִוא – הֵם בְּעַצְמָם.
English: ‘The elders of that city shall bring down’ – they themselves.
On the daf / in context: The elders personally participate in the descent.
Type of Learning Derash on personal involvement (Sifrei) — the language requires the elders’ own action.
What Is Learned The elders of the nearest city themselves bring the heifer down to the valley.
Source pointed to by Torah Temimah. Only Chazal’s words and what they derived are presented. Ashkenazi transliteration.