Derasha 33 on Bo 12:3

Parashas Bo · Passuk 12:3

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 points to Mechilta (verified).

Sefaria — Exodus 12:3
Sefaria — Mechilta

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Mechilta
הרי שהיו עשרה בתים לבית אב אחד, יכול יקחו שה אחד לכולם, ת"ל שה לבית .

English: “A lamb for a household” — if there were ten houses for one father’s house, might they take one lamb for all of them? Therefore it says “a lamb for a household.”

In context: See the cited source for the full section.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Mekhilta) — not a formal named middah of the 13.

What Is Learned

Each household is the base unit for the Pesach lamb unless numbers require combining.