Derasha on Bo 12:8 — Torah Temimah note 6

Parashas Bo · Shemos 12:8 · TT note 6

The Complete Passuk

וְאָכְל֥וּ אֶת־הַבָּשָׂ֖ר בַּלַּ֣יְלָה הַזֶּ֑ה צְלִי־אֵ֣שׁ וּמַצּ֔וֹת עַל־מְרֹרִ֖ים יֹאכְלֻֽהוּ׃

Source Citation

Torah Temimah on Shemos 12:8, note 6 (on בַּלַּיְלָה) points to Tosefta Pesachim (end of ch. 2).

Sefaria — Exodus 12:8
Sefaria — Torah Temimah on Exodus 12:8
Sefaria — Tosefta Pesachim

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Tosefta Pesachim (via Torah Temimah)
מֵאֵימָתַי זְמַן אֲכִילָתָן — מִשֶּׁתֶּחְשַׁךְ; לֹא אֲכָלָן מִשֶּׁתֶּחְשַׁךְ אוֹכְלָן כָּל הַלַּיְלָה; לֹא אֲכָלָן כָּל הַלַּיְלָה לֹא יֹאכְלֵם עוֹד.

English: From when is their time of eating? From when it grows dark. If one did not eat from dark, one may eat all night. If one did not eat all night, one may not eat them further.

Type of Learning

Practical boundary of the nighttime mitzvah: from nightfall through the night only.

What Is Learned

Eating of the Pesach begins at nightfall and may continue only through that night.