Derasha on Bo 12:3 — Torah Temimah note 2

Parashas Bo · Shemos 12:3 · TT note 2

The Complete Passuk

דַּבְּר֗וּ אֶֽל־כׇּל־עֲדַ֤ת יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר בֶּעָשֹׂ֖ר לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ הַזֶּ֑ה וְיִקְח֣וּ לָהֶ֗ם אִ֛ישׁ שֶׂ֥ה לְבֵית־אָבֹ֖ת שֶׂ֥ה לַבָּֽיִת׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah on Shemos 12:3, note 2 (on בֶּעָשֹׂר לַחֹדֶשׁ הַזֶּה) points to Pesachim 96a.

Sefaria — Exodus 12:3
Sefaria — Torah Temimah on Exodus 12:3
Sefaria — Pesachim 96a
E-Daf — Pesachim 96a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Pesachim 96a
מְנָא לַן? דִּכְתִיב: ״דַּבְּרוּ אֶל כׇּל עֲדַת יִשְׂרָאֵל לֵאמֹר בֶּעָשׂוֹר לַחֹדֶשׁ הַזֶּה וְיִקְחוּ״. זֶה מִקָּחוֹ מִבֶּעָשׂוֹר, וְאֵין פֶּסַח דּוֹרוֹת מִקָּחוֹ מִבֶּעָשׂוֹר.

English: From where do we know this? As it is written: “Speak to the whole community of Israel, saying: On the tenth of this month they shall take…” — this one’s taking is from the tenth, but the Pesach of the generations is not taken from the tenth.

Type of Learning

Exclusion from the word הַזֶּה (“this”): the requirement to take the lamb on the tenth applies to the Egyptian Pesach, not to the annual Pesach of later generations.

What Is Learned

Pesach Mitzrayim had to be selected from the tenth of the month; Pesach doros does not share that same taking-from-the-tenth requirement in the same way.