Derasha on Bo 12:17 — Torah Temimah note 7
Parashas Bo · Shemos 12:17 · TT note 7
The Complete Passuk
וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם֮ אֶת־הַמַּצּוֹת֒ כִּ֗י בְּעֶ֙צֶם֙ הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֔ה הוֹצֵ֥אתִי אֶת־צִבְאוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֞ם אֶת־הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּ֛ה לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶ֖ם חֻקַּ֥ת עוֹלָֽם׃
Source Citation
Torah Temimah on Shemos 12:17, note 7 (on כִּי בְּעֶצֶם הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה) points to Mechilta / Berachos 9a.
Sefaria — Exodus 12:17
Sefaria — Torah Temimah on Exodus 12:17
Sefaria — Berachos 9a
Core Text of Chazal
Core Text — Mechilta (via Torah Temimah)
כִּי בְּעֶצֶם הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה — מַגִּיד שֶׁלֹּא יָצְאוּ אֶלָּא בַּיּוֹם.
English: “For on this very day” — this teaches that they left only by day.
Type of Learning
Timing of the Exodus: daytime, not only the night of the Seder.
What Is Learned
Although they ate the Pesach at night, the actual departure from Egypt was by day.