Derasha 88 on Shemos 4:26

Parashas Shemos · Passuk 4:26

The Complete Passuk

וַיִּ֖רֶף מִמֶּ֑נּוּ אָ֚ז אָֽמְרָ֔ה חֲתַ֥ן דָּמִ֖ים לַמּוּלֹֽת׃ {פ}

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Nedarim 32a (verified).

Sefaria — Exodus 4:26
Sefaria — Nedarim 32a
E-Daf — Nedarim 32a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Nedarim 32a
דָּרַשׁ רַבִּי יְהוּדָה בַּר בִּיזְנָא: בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁנִּתְרַשֵּׁל מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּינוּ מִן הַמִּילָה, בָּאוּ ״אַף״ וְ״חֵימָה״ וּבְלָעוּהוּ, וְלֹא שִׁיְּירוּ מִמֶּנּוּ אֶלָּא רַגְלָיו. מִיָּד ״וַתִּקַּח צִפֹּרָה צֹר וַתִּכְרֹת אֶת עׇרְלַת בְּנָהּ״, מִיָּד ״וַיִּרֶף מִמֶּנּוּ״.

English: “Rabbi Yehuda bar Bizna taught: When Moses our teacher delayed the circumcision, the destructive forces called Anger and Wrath came and swallowed him, leaving only his feet. Immediately Tzipporah circumcised her son, and immediately “He let him alone.””

On the daf / in context: See the cited source for the full section.

Type of Learning

Talmudic aggadic explanation of the release from danger

What Is Learned

The immediate release after the circumcision shows the decisive role Chazal assign to performing the neglected mitzvah of circumcision.