Derasha on Bo 12:8 — Torah Temimah note 2
Parashas Bo · Shemos 12:8 · TT note 2
The Complete Passuk
וְאָכְל֥וּ אֶת־הַבָּשָׂ֖ר בַּלַּ֣יְלָה הַזֶּ֑ה צְלִי־אֵ֣שׁ וּמַצּ֔וֹת עַל־מְרֹרִ֖ים יֹאכְלֻֽהוּ׃
Source Citation
Torah Temimah on Shemos 12:8, note 2 (on אֶת הַבָּשָׂר) points to Mechilta.
Sefaria — Exodus 12:8
Sefaria — Torah Temimah on Exodus 12:8
Sefaria — Mechilta
Core Text of Chazal
Core Text — Mechilta (via Torah Temimah)
אֶת הַבָּשָׂר — בָּשָׂר וְלֹא גִּידִים וְלֹא עֲצָמוֹת וְלֹא קַרְנַיִם וְלֹא טְלָפַיִם.
English: “The meat” — meat, and not sinews, and not bones, and not horns, and not hooves.
Type of Learning
Exclusionary derash of the word בָּשָׂר.
What Is Learned
The mitzvah is to eat the flesh; sinews, bones, horns and hooves are excluded.