Derasha on Bo 12:16 — Torah Temimah note 3
Parashas Bo · Shemos 12:16 · TT note 3
The Complete Passuk
וּבַיּ֤וֹם הָרִאשׁוֹן֙ מִקְרָא־קֹ֔דֶשׁ וּבַיּוֹם֙ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י מִקְרָא־קֹ֖דֶשׁ יִהְיֶ֣ה לָכֶ֑ם כׇּל־מְלָאכָה֙ לֹא־יֵעָשֶׂ֣ה בָהֶ֔ם אַ֚ךְ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יֵאָכֵ֣ל לְכׇל־נֶ֔פֶשׁ ה֥וּא לְבַדּ֖וֹ יֵעָשֶׂ֥ה לָכֶֽם׃
Source Citation
Torah Temimah on Shemos 12:16, note 3 (on לֹא יֵעָשֶׂה) points to Mechilta.
Sefaria — Exodus 12:16
Sefaria — Torah Temimah on Exodus 12:16
Sefaria — Mechilta
Core Text of Chazal
Core Text — Mechilta (via Torah Temimah)
לֹא יֵעָשֶׂה — לֹא תַעֲשֶׂה אַתָּה, וְלֹא יֵעָשֶׂה חֲבֵרְךָ, וְלֹא יַעֲשֶׂה נָכְרִי מְלַאכְתְּךָ.
English: “Shall not be done” — you shall not do it, your fellow shall not do it, and a non-Jew shall not do your work.
Type of Learning
Passive form of the ban extends beyond personal action.
What Is Learned
Yom Tov work may not be done by oneself, by another Jew, or by a non-Jew acting for one’s work.