PREVMASTERNEXT

Derasha 16 on Vayikra 12:3

TT #16 · Parshas Tazria · Aliyah 1 · Passuk 3

The Complete Passuk

וּבַיּ֖וֹם הַשְּׁמִינִ֑י יִמּ֖וֹל בְּשַׂ֥ר עָרְלָתֽוֹ׃

English: On the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

Chabad.org — Chumash, English translation + Rashi for Vayikra 12:3

Source Citation

Torah Temimah cites Pesachim 4a.

E-Daf — Pesachim 4a · Shas.org

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Pesachim 4a
כָּל הַיּוֹם כּוּלּוֹ כָּשֵׁר לְמִילָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וּבַיּוֹם הַשְּׁמִינִי יִמּוֹל״, אֶלָּא שֶׁזְּרִיזִין מַקְדִּימִין לְמִצְוֹת.

English: The entire day is valid for circumcision, as it says, “on the eighth day he shall be circumcised,” although the zealous rise early to perform mitzvos.

Type of Learning

Textual inference

What Is Learned

Circumcision performed during the eighth day is valid throughout that day, with a preference for doing the mitzvah promptly.

PREVMASTERNEXT