Shoftim 21:04 · unit 7
TT #367 · 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 Sotah 47a .
TT lemma: בַּנָּחַל .
Sefaria — Sotah 47a
Core Text of Chazal
Core Text
בַּנָּחַל – וְלֹא בְעִיר.
English: ‘In the valley’ – and not in the city.
On the daf / in context: The rite must occur in the designated valley.
Type of Learning Derash on the location of the killing (Bavli) — the valley is mandatory.
What Is Learned The breaking of the neck must take place in the hard valley, not within the city itself.
Source pointed to by Torah Temimah. Only Chazal’s words and what they derived are presented. Ashkenazi transliteration.