Ki Seitzei 23:08 · unit 2

TT #334 · 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
לָהֶם – לְאֵלּוּ וְלֹא לְעַמּוֹן וּמוֹאָב.

English: “For them” — for these and not for Ammon and Moab.

On the daf / in context: The third-generation permission is limited to the nations of this verse.

Type of Learning

Limiting derash.

What Is Learned

The third-generation entry applies to Edom and Egypt, not to Ammon and Moab.