Derasha on Bo 12:4 — Torah Temimah note 9

Parashas Bo · Shemos 12:4 · TT note 9

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 9 (on אִישׁ לְפִי אׇכְלוֹ תָּכֹסּוּ) points to Pesachim 61a.

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
יָכוֹל שְׁחָטוֹ שֶׁלֹּא לִמְנוּיָו יְהֵא כְּעוֹבֵר עַל הַמִּצְוָה וְכָשֵׁר — תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: ״בְּמִכְסַת … תָּכֹסּוּ״, הַכָּתוּב שָׁנָה עָלָיו לְעַכֵּב.

English: One might think that if it was slaughtered not for those enrolled, he has merely violated the mitzvah but it is still valid — therefore it says “according to the number … you shall make your count,” the verse repeating the matter to make it indispensable.

Type of Learning

Repetition of בְּמִכְסַת / תָּכֹסּוּ establishes that slaughter only for enrolled participants is מעכב.

What Is Learned

The Pesach is valid only when slaughtered for those enrolled who can eat of it; otherwise it is disqualified.