Derasha on Bo 12:15 — Torah Temimah note 17

Parashas Bo · Shemos 12:15 · TT note 17

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 17 (on מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל) points to Mechilta.

Sefaria — Exodus 12:15
Sefaria — Torah Temimah on Exodus 12:15
Sefaria — Mechilta

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Mechilta (via Torah Temimah)
מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל — יָכוֹל הַכָּרֵת מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל וְתֵלֵךְ לָהּ לְעַם אַחֵר? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר ״וְנִכְרְתָה הַנֶּפֶשׁ הַהִוא מִלְּפָנַי אֲנִי ה׳״ — בְּכָל מָקוֹם שֶׁהוּא רְשׁוּתִי.

English: “From Israel” — might one think the cutting-off is only from Israel, and the soul goes to another people? Scripture says “and that soul shall be cut off from before Me, I am Hashem” — in every place that is My domain.

Type of Learning

Scope of kares: not merely exile from Israel, but before Hashem everywhere.

What Is Learned

Kares is not relocation to another nation; the soul is cut off from before Hashem in every place.