EXTRA on Lech Lecha 17:23

EXTRA · Rashi on Genesis 17:23 / Bereshit Rabbah 47:9 · Parashas Lech Lecha · Passuk 17:23

Complete Passuk

וַיִּקַּ֨ח אַבְרָהָ֜ם אֶת־יִשְׁמָעֵ֣אל בְּנ֗וֹ וְאֵ֨ת כׇּל־יְלִידֵ֤י בֵיתוֹ֙ וְאֵת֙ כׇּל־מִקְנַ֣ת כַּסְפּ֔וֹ… וַיָּ֜מָל אֶת־בְּשַׂ֣ר עָרְלָתָ֗ם בְּעֶ֙צֶם֙ הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֔ה…

Then Avraham took his son Yishmael, and all those born in his house… and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskins on that very day…

Source

Rashi on Genesis 17:23 — Rashi cites Bereshit Rabbah 47:9 for Avraham’s performing the circumcision in daylight on the very day he was commanded.

Core Text

Core Text
בְּעֶצֶם הַיּוֹם — בּוֹ בַּיּוֹם שֶׁנִּצְטַוָּה, בַּיּוֹם וְלֹא בַּלַּיְלָה; לֹא נִתְיָרֵא לֹא מִן הַגּוֹיִם וְלֹא מִן הַלֵּצָנִים, וְשֶׁלֹּא יִהְיוּ אוֹיְבָיו וּבְנֵי דוֹרוֹ אוֹמְרִים אִלּוּ רְאִינוּהוּ לֹא הִנַּחְנוּהוּ לָמוּל וּלְקַיֵּם מִצְוָתוֹ שֶׁל מָקוֹם.

English: “On that very day” — on the very day when he was commanded; by day and not by night. He was afraid neither of the nations nor of the scoffers, so that his enemies and the people of his generation would not say: If we had seen him, we would not have allowed him to circumcise and fulfill the commandment of the Omnipresent.

On the daf / in context: Rashi stresses the phrase “on that very day” as public, immediate obedience: Avraham does not delay or hide the mitzvah of circumcision.
Type of Learning: Custom (diyuk in “that very day”)
What Is Learned: Brit milah is performed in broad daylight, on the same day it is commanded, as a public acceptance of the covenant by Avraham and his entire household.

Supplementary classical material not listed by Torah Temimah under this exact passuk.