Derasha on Bo 12:1 — Torah Temimah note 3

Parashas Bo · Shemos 12:1 · TT note 3

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 3 (on לֵאמֹר) points to Mechilta / R’ Yishmael.

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

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Mechilta (via Torah Temimah)
לֵאמֹר — מַהוּ לֵאמֹר? אָמַר רַבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל: צֵא וֶאֱמֹר לָהֶם מִיָּד, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: וַיֵּצֵא וַיְדַבֵּר אֶל בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֵת אֲשֶׁר יְצַוֶּה.

English: “Saying (leimor)” — what does leimor mean? Rabbi Yishmael said: Go out and say to them at once, as it is said, “And he went out and spoke to the children of Yisrael that which he was commanded.”

Type of Learning

Derash on לֵאמֹר: immediate transmission of the dibbur to Yisrael.

What Is Learned

Moshe was to convey Hashem’s words to Yisrael immediately upon receiving them.