Deuteronomy 23:26 Midrash: Midrash Tanchuma Buber

כִּ֤י תָבֹא֙ בְּקָמַ֣ת רֵעֶ֔ךָ וְקָטַפְתָּ֥ מְלִילֹ֖ת בְּיָדֶ֑ךָ וְחֶרְמֵשׁ֙ לֹ֣א תָנִ֔יף עַ֖ל קָמַ֥ת רֵעֶֽךָ׃ (ס)

When thou comest into thy neighbour’s standing corn, then thou mayest pluck ears with thy hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbour’s standing corn.

Midrash Tanchuma Buber

(Gen. 21:7:) THEN SHE SAID: WHO WOULD HAVE PROCLAIMED (MLL) TO ABRAHAM! < These words imply > that he had within himself the virility of youth!137Gen. R. 53:9; PR 43:4; cf. Gen. R. 48:16. Now the word PROCLAIMED (MLL) is nothing but a word < implying > virility, just as you say (in Deut. 23:26 [25]): THEN YOU SHALL NOT PLUCK RIPE EARS (rt.: MLL)138This root may also be seen as related to milah, the “circumcised member.” < WITH YOUR HAND >.
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