Derasha on Bo 12:16 — Torah Temimah note 7

Parashas Bo · Shemos 12:16 · TT note 7

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 7 (on הוּא לְבַדּוֹ) points to Shabbos 24b.

Sefaria — Exodus 12:16
Sefaria — Torah Temimah on Exodus 12:16
Sefaria — Shabbos 24b
E-Daf — Shabbos 24b

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Shabbos 24b
אָמַר רָבָא: אָמַר קְרָא ״הוּא לְבַדּוֹ יֵעָשֶׂה לָכֶם״ — הוּא וְלֹא מַכְשִׁירָיו, לְבַדּוֹ וְלֹא מִילָה שֶׁלֹּא בִּזְמַנָּהּ.

English: Rava said: Scripture says “that alone shall be done for you” — “that” and not its preparatory implements; “alone” and not circumcision not in its proper time.

Type of Learning

Limits on the food exception: no machshirim that could wait; no milah out of time.

What Is Learned

Preparations that can be done before Yom Tov, and milah not on the eighth day, are not covered by this verse.