Closing · Unit 3
Torah Temimah cites R’ Ila: if performed as commanded they are mitzvos; if not, they are not (mitzvah ha-ba’ah ba’aveirah).
English: If one performed them according to their commandment they are mitzvos; if not they are not — e.g. stolen matzah, stolen etrog, every mitzvah that comes through a transgression.
Validity-condition derasha.
A mitzvah enabled by a prohibition does not count as the commanded act.