Derasha on Bo 12:1 — Torah Temimah note 1

Parashas Bo · Shemos 12:1 · TT note 1

The Complete Passuk

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהֹוָה֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֣ה וְאֶֽל־אַהֲרֹ֔ן בְּאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרַ֖יִם לֵאמֹֽר׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah on Shemos 12:1, note 1 (on וְאֶל־אַהֲרֹן) points to Mechilta.

Sefaria — Exodus 12:1
Sefaria — Torah Temimah on Exodus 12:1
Sefaria — Mechilta

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Mechilta (via Torah Temimah)
וַיֹּאמֶר ה׳ אֶל מֹשֶׁה וְאֶל אַהֲרֹן — שׁוֹמֵעַ אֲנִי שֶׁהָיָה הַדִּבּוּר לְאַהֲרֹן וּלְמֹשֶׁה; תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: וַיְהִי בְּיוֹם דִּבֶּר ה׳ אֶל מֹשֶׁה בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם — לְמֹשֶׁה הָיָה הַדִּבּוּר וְלֹא לְאַהֲרֹן. אִם כֵּן מַה תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר וְאֶל אַהֲרֹן? לְלַמֵּד שֶׁכְּשֵׁם שֶׁהָיָה מֹשֶׁה כְּלָל לַדִּבְּרוֹת כָּךְ הָיָה אַהֲרֹן כְּלָל לַדִּבְּרוֹת.

English: “Hashem said to Moshe and to Aharon” — I might think the speech was to Aharon and to Moshe; therefore it says, “On the day Hashem spoke to Moshe in the land of Egypt” — the speech was to Moshe and not to Aharon. If so, why say “and to Aharon”? To teach that just as Moshe was included in the divine communications, so Aharon was included in the divine communications.

Type of Learning

Limiting verse plus inclusion: the primary dibbur was to Moshe; Aharon is named so that he shares in the communications of this section.

What Is Learned

Aharon is a partner in the dibburot of this parsha even though the primary address is to Moshe.