Derasha on Bo 12:6 — Torah Temimah (בין הערבים)

Parashas Bo · Shemos 12:6 · TT on בין הערבים

The Complete Passuk

וְהָיָ֤ה לָכֶם֙ לְמִשְׁמֶ֔רֶת עַ֣ד אַרְבָּעָ֥ה עָשָׂ֛ר י֖וֹם לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ הַזֶּ֑ה וְשָׁחֲט֣וּ אֹת֗וֹ כֹּ֛ל קְהַ֥ל עֲדַֽת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בֵּ֥ין הָעַרְבָּֽיִם׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah on Shemos 12:6 (on בֵּין הָעַרְבָּיִם) points to Pesachim 61a.

Sefaria — Exodus 12:6
Sefaria — Torah Temimah on Exodus 12:6
Sefaria — Pesachim 61a
E-Daf — Pesachim 61a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Pesachim 61a
שְׁחָטוֹ קוֹדֶם חֲצוֹת — פָּסוּל, מִשּׁוּם שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״בֵּין הָעַרְבַּיִם״.

English: If one slaughtered it before noon — it is invalid, because it is said “between the evenings.”

Type of Learning

Halachic derash fixing the time-window of slaughter from the phrase בֵּין הָעַרְבָּיִם.

What Is Learned

The Pesach may not be slaughtered before midday; “between the evenings” excludes slaughter prior to noon.