Shoftim 21:04 · unit 9
TT #369 · 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 46b .
TT lemma: וְעָרְפוּ שָׁם .
Sefaria — Sotah 46b
Core Text of Chazal
Core Text
וְעָרְפוּ שָׁם – בְּמָקוֹם קָשֶׁה.
English: ‘And they shall break the neck there’ – in a hard place.
On the daf / in context: The hardness of the ground is part of the requirement.
Type of Learning Derash linking the act to the place (Bavli) — the hard ground is integral to the rite.
What Is Learned The neck is broken on the hard ground of the valley; the place and the act belong together.
Source pointed to by Torah Temimah. Only Chazal’s words and what they derived are presented. Ashkenazi transliteration.