Derasha on Bo 12:18 — Torah Temimah note 4

Parashas Bo · Shemos 12:18 · TT note 4

The Complete Passuk

בָּרִאשֹׁ֡ן בְּאַרְבָּעָה֩ עָשָׂ֨ר י֤וֹם לַחֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ בָּעֶ֔רֶב תֹּאכְל֖וּ מַצֹּ֑ת עַ֠ד י֣וֹם הָאֶחָ֧ד וְעֶשְׂרִ֛ים לַחֹ֖דֶשׁ בָּעָֽרֶב׃

Source Citation

Torah Temimah on Shemos 12:18, note 4 (on הָאֶחָד וְעֶשְׂרִים לַחֹדֶשׁ בָּעָרֶב) points to Mechilta.

Sefaria — Exodus 12:18
Sefaria — Torah Temimah on Exodus 12:18
Sefaria — Mechilta

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Mechilta (via Torah Temimah)
מַה תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר ״בָּעָרֶב״? לְפִי שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״שִׁבְעַת יָמִים מַצּוֹת תֹּאכֵלוּ״ — אֵין לִי אֶלָּא יָמִים; לֵילוֹת מִנַּיִן? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר ״עַד יוֹם הָאֶחָד וְעֶשְׂרִים לַחֹדֶשׁ בָּעָרֶב״.

English: Why does it say “in the evening”? Because it says “seven days you shall eat matzos” — I have only days; nights — from where? Scripture says “until the twenty-first day of the month in the evening.”

Type of Learning

Inclusion of nights in the seven-day matzah period.

What Is Learned

The span of matzah eating covers both the days and the nights, ending on the evening of the twenty-first.