Derasha — Bo 12:17 | Torah Temimah note 4

וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם֮ אֶת־הַמַּצּוֹת֒ כִּ֗י בְּעֶ֙צֶם֙ הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֔ה הוֹצֵ֥אתִי אֶת־צִבְאוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֞ם אֶת־הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּ֛ה לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶ֖ם חֻקַּ֥ת עוֹלָֽם׃

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Torah Temimah on Shemos 12:17, note 4 (on וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם אֶת הַמַּצּוֹת) points to practical guarding rules (Pesachim 48b area).

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — via Torah Temimah

וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם אֶת הַמַּצּוֹת — שָׁמְרֵהוּ שֶׁלֹּא תְּבִיאֵהוּ לִידֵי פְּסוּל. מִכָּאן אָמְרוּ: תָּפַח — תְּלַטֵּשׁ בְּצוֹנֵן; שְׂאוֹר וְסָדוּק — יִשָּׂרֵף.

English: “And you shall guard the matzos” — guard it so that you do not bring it to a state of unfitness. Hence they said: if it begins to rise, cool it with cold water; se’or and cracked [dough] — burn.

What Is Learned

Active measures keep dough from becoming chametz; once it reaches se’or or sidduk, it is burned.

Derasha on Bo 12:17 — Torah Temimah note 4

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