Derasha on Bo 12:4 — Torah Temimah note 13

Parashas Bo · Shemos 12:4 · TT note 13

The Complete Passuk

וְאִם־יִמְעַ֣ט הַבַּ֘יִת֮ מִהְי֣וֹת מִשֶּׂה֒ וְלָקַ֣ח ה֗וּא וּשְׁכֵנ֛וֹ הַקָּרֹ֥ב אֶל־בֵּית֖וֹ בְּמִכְסַ֣ת נְפָשֹׁ֑ת אִ֚ישׁ לְפִ֣י אׇכְל֔וֹ תָּכֹ֖סּוּ עַל־הַשֶּֽׂה׃

Source Citation

Torah Temimah on Shemos 12:4, note 13 (on תָּכֹסּוּ) points to Pesachim 61a (R’ reading of the word as Aramaic for slaughter).

Sefaria — Exodus 12:4
Sefaria — Torah Temimah on Exodus 12:4
Sefaria — Pesachim 61a
E-Daf — Pesachim 61a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Pesachim 61a
רַבִּי אוֹמֵר: לָשׁוֹן סוּרְסִי הוּא, כְּאָדָם שֶׁאוֹמֵר לַחֲבֵירוֹ ״כּוֹס לִי טָלֶה זֶה״.

English: Rabbi says: It is Aramaic usage, as when a person says to his fellow, “Slaughter (kos li) this lamb for me.”

Type of Learning

Lexical derash: תָּכֹסּוּ is read as a verb of slaughtering, locking the enrollment requirement to the act of shechitah.

What Is Learned

The word תָּכֹסּוּ itself denotes the slaughter performed for those enrolled on the Pesach.