Derasha on Bo 12:15 — Torah Temimah note 11
Parashas Bo · Shemos 12:15 · TT note 11
The Complete Passuk
שִׁבְעַ֤ת יָמִים֙ מַצּ֣וֹת תֹּאכֵ֔לוּ אַ֚ךְ בַּיּ֣וֹם הָרִאשׁ֔וֹן תַּשְׁבִּ֥יתוּ שְּׂאֹ֖ר מִבָּתֵּיכֶ֑ם כִּ֣י ׀ כׇּל־אֹכֵ֣ל חָמֵ֗ץ וְנִכְרְתָ֞ה הַנֶּ֤פֶשׁ הַהִוא֙ מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֔ל מִיּ֥וֹם הָרִאשֹׁ֖ן עַד־י֥וֹם הַשְּׁבִעִֽי׃
Source Citation
Torah Temimah on Shemos 12:15, note 11 (on תַּשְׁבִּיתוּ) points to classical midrash on methods of destruction.
Sefaria — Exodus 12:15
Sefaria — Torah Temimah on Exodus 12:15
Core Text of Chazal
Core Text — via Torah Temimah
תַּשְׁבִּיתוּ — תַּשְׁבִּיתוּ בְּכָל דָּבָר שֶׁאַתָּה יָכוֹל לְהַשְׁבִּיתוֹ: שׂוֹרֵף, אוֹ מְפָרֵר וְזוֹרֶה לָרוּחַ, אוֹ מַטִּיל לַיָּם.
English: “You shall remove” — remove by any means you can make it cease: burn, or crumble and scatter to the wind, or cast into the sea.
Type of Learning
Scope of the verb תַּשְׁבִּיתוּ: any effective destruction method.
What Is Learned
Se’or may be destroyed by burning, crumbling and scattering, or casting into water — not only by one prescribed method.