Derasha on Bo 12:15 — Torah Temimah note 18

Parashas Bo · Shemos 12:15 · TT note 18

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 18 (on מִיּוֹם הָרִאשׁוֹן עַד יוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי) points to Arakhin 18a.

Sefaria — Exodus 12:15
Sefaria — Torah Temimah on Exodus 12:15
Sefaria — Arakhin 18a
E-Daf — Arakhin 18a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Arakhin 18a
״מִיּוֹם הָרִאשׁוֹן וְעַד יוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי״ — יָכוֹל רִאשׁוֹן וְלֹא רִאשׁוֹן בַּכְּלָל, שְׁבִיעִי וְלֹא שְׁבִיעִי בַּכְּלָל? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר ״עַד יוֹם הָאֶחָד וְעֶשְׂרִים לַחֹדֶשׁ בָּעָרֶב״.

English: “From the first day until the seventh day” — might one think the first is not included, and the seventh is not included? Scripture says “until the twenty-first day of the month at evening.”

Type of Learning

Inclusive reading of the endpoints of the seven-day span.

What Is Learned

Both the first and the seventh days are included in the ban on chametz.