Derasha on Bo 12:8 — Torah Temimah note 7

Parashas Bo · Shemos 12:8 · TT note 7

The Complete Passuk

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

Source Citation

Torah Temimah on Shemos 12:8, note 7 (on בַּלַּיְלָה הַזֶּה) points to Berachos 9a.

Sefaria — Exodus 12:8
Sefaria — Torah Temimah on Exodus 12:8
Sefaria — Berachos 9a
E-Daf — Berachos 9a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Berachos 9a
קְרִיאַת שְׁמַע עַרְבִית, וְהַלֵּל בְּלֵילֵי פְּסָחִים, וַאֲכִילַת פֶּסַח — מִצְוָתָן עַד שֶׁיַּעֲלֶה עַמּוּד הַשַּׁחַר. יָכוֹל יְהֵא נֶאֱכָל כְּקָדָשִׁים בַּיּוֹם? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר ״בַּלַּיְלָה״ — בַּלַּיְלָה הוּא נֶאֱכָל, וְלֹא בַּיּוֹם.

English: The evening Shema, Hallel on the nights of Pesach, and eating the Pesach — their mitzvah is until dawn rises. One might think it is eaten like [other] kodashim by day — therefore it says “at night”: it is eaten at night, and not by day.

Type of Learning

Time-boundary derash: the positive mitzvah of eating runs through the night until dawn.

What Is Learned

Eating the Pesach is a nighttime mitzvah that continues until dawn and is not performed by day.