Reeh 16:1 · unit 1

TT #362 · Parashas Reeh · Seventh Aliyah · Passuk 16:1

The Complete Passuk

שָׁמוֹר֙ אֶת־חֹ֣דֶשׁ הָאָבִ֔יב וְעָשִׂ֣יתָ פֶּ֔סַח לַיהֹוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ כִּ֞י בְּחֹ֣דֶשׁ הָֽאָבִ֗יב הוֹצִ֨יאֲךָ֜ יְהֹוָ֧ה אֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ מִמִּצְרַ֖יִם לָֽיְלָה׃

Observe the month of Aviv and offer the Pesach to Hashem your God, for in the month of Aviv Hashem your God brought you out of Egypt by night.

Chabad.org — 16:1

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sifrei / Sanhedrin.

Sefaria — Sifrei / Sanhedrin

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
שָׁמוֹר וגו׳ – שְׁמוֹר אֶת חֹדֶשׁ הָאָבִיב – שְׁמוֹר אָבִיב שֶׁל תְּקוּפָה שֶׁיִּהְיֶה בְּחֹדֶשׁ נִיסָן.

English: "Observe..." — "Observe the month of Aviv"—observe the Aviv of the solar season so that it falls in the month of Nisan.

On the daf / in context: The calendar must be intercalated when necessary so that the spring equinox coincides with the month in which Pesach is celebrated.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Sifrei) — the requirement to keep Pesach in the spring.

What Is Learned

The month of Nisan must be kept in the spring season; the calendar is intercalated when necessary to achieve this.