Derasha 17 on Vayikra 12:3

TT #17 · 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 Megillah 20a.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Megillah 20a
אֵין מָלִין עַד שֶׁתָּנֵץ הַחַמָּה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וּבַיּוֹם הַשְּׁמִינִי יִמּוֹל״.

English: Circumcision is not performed until sunrise, as it says, “on the eighth day he shall be circumcised.”

Type of Learning

Textual inference

What Is Learned

The mitzvah's designation as a daytime act requires waiting until sunrise.