Derasha on Bo 12:7 — Torah Temimah note 5

Parashas Bo · Shemos 12:7 · TT note 5

The Complete Passuk

וְלָֽקְחוּ֙ מִן־הַדָּ֔ם וְנָ֥תְנ֛וּ עַל־שְׁתֵּ֥י הַמְּזוּזֹ֖ת וְעַל־הַמַּשְׁק֑וֹף עַ֚ל הַבָּ֣תִּ֔ים אֲשֶׁר־יֹאכְל֥וּ אֹת֖וֹ בָּהֶֽם׃

Source Citation

Torah Temimah on Shemos 12:7, note 5 (on אֲשֶׁר יֹאכְלוּ) points to Mechilta.

Sefaria — Exodus 12:7
Sefaria — Torah Temimah on Exodus 12:7
Sefaria — Mechilta

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Mechilta (via Torah Temimah)
אֲשֶׁר יֹאכְלוּ — מִנַּיִן לְרַבּוֹת בָּתִּים שֶׁהָיוּ יְשֵׁנִים בָּהֶם? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: עַל הַבָּתִּים אֲשֶׁר אַתֶּם שָׁם.

English: “In which they shall eat it” — from where [do we include] houses in which they were sleeping? Therefore it says [elsewhere]: “on the houses in which you are.”

Type of Learning

Ribbui from a parallel verse: protection applies also to houses used for lodging, not only for the meal.

What Is Learned

Houses where people sleep (or sit) are included for the blood on the doorposts, not only houses of the meal itself.