Derasha on Bo 12:9 — Torah Temimah note 11

Parashas Bo · Shemos 12:9 · TT note 11

The Complete Passuk

אַל־תֹּאכְל֤וּ מִמֶּ֙נּוּ֙ נָ֔א וּבָשֵׁ֥ל מְבֻשָּׁ֖ל בַּמָּ֑יִם כִּ֣י אִם־צְלִי־אֵ֔שׁ רֹאשׁ֥וֹ עַל־כְּרָעָ֖יו וְעַל־קִרְבּֽוֹ׃

Source Citation

Torah Temimah on Shemos 12:9, note 11 (on כִּי אִם צְלִי אֵשׁ) points to Pesachim 41a.

Sefaria — Exodus 12:9
Sefaria — Torah Temimah on Exodus 12:9
Sefaria — Pesachim 41a
E-Daf — Pesachim 41a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Pesachim 41a
תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: יָכוֹל אָכַל כְּזַיִת חַי יְהֵא חַיָּיב — תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: ״אַל תֹּאכְלוּ מִמֶּנּוּ נָא וּבָשֵׁל מְבֻשָּׁל״. נָא וּבָשֵׁל אָמַרְתִּי לְךָ, וְלֹא חַי.

English: The Sages taught: One might think that one who ate an olive’s bulk raw is liable — therefore it says “You shall not eat of it underdone or cooked”; underdone and cooked I told you, and not raw.

Type of Learning

Exclusionary derash of the specified states under the negative commandment.

What Is Learned

Liability under the lav is for na and bashel, not for completely raw (chai) meat.