Ki Seitzei 23:08 · unit 1

TT #333 · Parashas Ki Seitzei · Fourth Aliyah · Passuk 23:08

The Complete Passuk

בָּנִ֛ים אֲשֶׁר־יִוָּלְד֥וּ לָהֶ֖ם דּ֣וֹר שְׁלִישִׁ֑י יָבֹ֥א לָהֶ֖ם בִּקְהַ֥ל יְהֹוָֽה׃

Children who are born to them of the third generation may enter the assembly of the Lord.

Chabad.org — 23:08

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sifrei Devarim 252.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
דּוֹר שְׁלִישִׁי יָבֹא לָהֶם בִּקְהַל יְהֹוָה – הֶתֵּר בַּדּוֹר הַשְּׁלִישִׁי.

English: “Of the third generation may enter the assembly of the Lord” — permission from the third generation.

On the daf / in context: For Edomites and Egyptians the bar lifts at the third generation.

Type of Learning

Derash establishing the generational limit.

What Is Learned

Edomites and Egyptians may enter the assembly from the third generation onward.