Derasha on Bo 12:13 — Torah Temimah note 1
Parashas Bo · Shemos 12:13 · TT note 1
The Complete Passuk
וְהָיָה֩ הַדָּ֨ם לָכֶ֜ם לְאֹ֗ת עַ֤ל הַבָּתִּים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אַתֶּ֣ם שָׁ֔ם וְרָאִ֙יתִי֙ אֶת־הַדָּ֔ם וּפָסַחְתִּ֖י עֲלֵכֶ֑ם וְלֹֽא־יִֽהְיֶ֨ה בָכֶ֥ם נֶ֙גֶף֙ לְמַשְׁחִ֔ית בְּהַכֹּתִ֖י בְּאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃
Source Citation
Torah Temimah on Shemos 12:13, note 1 (on לָכֶם לְאֹת) points to Mechilta.
Sefaria — Exodus 12:13
Sefaria — Torah Temimah on Exodus 12:13
Sefaria — Mechilta
Core Text of Chazal
Core Text — Mechilta (via Torah Temimah)
לָכֶם לְאֹת — לָכֶם לְאוֹת וְלֹא לִי לְאוֹת; לָכֶם לְאוֹת וְלֹא לַאֲחֵרִים לְאוֹת.
English: “For you as a sign” — for you as a sign, and not for Me as a sign; for you as a sign, and not for others as a sign.
Type of Learning
Audience of the sign: Israel alone, not Heaven and not outsiders.
What Is Learned
The blood is a sign for Israel, not information Hashem needs and not a display for outsiders.