Derasha on Bo 12:11 — Torah Temimah note 1

Parashas Bo · Shemos 12:11 · TT note 1

The Complete Passuk

וְכָ֘כָה֮ תֹּאכְל֣וּ אֹתוֹ֒ מׇתְנֵיכֶ֣ם חֲגֻרִ֔ים נַֽעֲלֵיכֶם֙ בְּרַגְלֵיכֶ֔ם וּמַקֶּלְכֶ֖ם בְּיֶדְכֶ֑ם וַאֲכַלְתֶּ֤ם אֹתוֹ֙ בְּחִפָּז֔וֹן פֶּ֥סַח ה֖וּא לַיהֹוָֽה׃

Source Citation

Torah Temimah on Shemos 12:11, note 1 (on וְכָכָה תֹּאכְלוּ אֹתוֹ) points to Mechilta.

Sefaria — Exodus 12:11
Sefaria — Torah Temimah on Exodus 12:11
Sefaria — Mechilta

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Mechilta (via Torah Temimah)
וְכָכָה תֹּאכְלוּ אֹתוֹ — כְּיוֹצְאֵי דְרָכִים. רַבִּי יוֹסֵי הַגְּלִילִי אוֹמֵר: בָּא הַכָּתוּב לְהוֹרוֹת דֶּרֶךְ אֶרֶץ לְיוֹצְאֵי דְרָכִים שֶׁיִּהְיוּ מְזֹרָזִין.

English: “Thus shall you eat it” — like those going out on a journey. Rabbi Yose the Galilean says: Scripture comes to teach proper conduct to travelers, that they should be prepared.

Type of Learning

Derech-eretz derived from the travel-ready posture of the Egyptian Pesach.

What Is Learned

The prescribed posture teaches travelers to be girded and ready for the road.