Derasha on Bo 12:4 — Torah Temimah note 2

Parashas Bo · Shemos 12:4 · TT note 2

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 2 (on מִהְיוֹת מִשֶּׂה) points to Pesachim 89a.

Sefaria — Exodus 12:4
Sefaria — Torah Temimah on Exodus 12:4
Sefaria — Pesachim 89a
E-Daf — Pesachim 89a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Pesachim 89a
לְעוֹלָם נִמְנִין עָלָיו עַד שֶׁיִּהְיֶה בּוֹ כְּזַיִת לְכָל אֶחָד וְאֶחָד. נִמְנִין וּמוֹשְׁכִין אֶת יְדֵיהֶן מִמֶּנּוּ עַד שֶׁיִּשָּׁחֵט. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר: עַד שֶׁיִּזָּרֵק אֶת הַדָּם. … דְּרַבָּנַן סָבְרִי: ״מִהְיוֹת מִשֶּׂה״ — מֵחַיּוּתֵיהּ דְּשֶׂה. וְרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן סָבַר: מֵהֲוָיָיתֵיהּ דְּשֶׂה.

English: One may always enroll on it until there is a kezayis for each person. They may enroll and withdraw their hands from it until it is slaughtered. Rabbi Shimon says: until the blood is dashed. … The Rabbis hold “from being of a lamb” means from the life of the lamb; Rabbi Shimon holds from the existence [as an offering] of the lamb.

Type of Learning

Derash of מִהְיוֹת מִשֶּׂה as the deadline for joining or leaving the group.

What Is Learned

Enrollment and withdrawal from the Pesach group are permitted until slaughter (or, per R’ Shimon, until the blood is dashed).