Reeh 16:1 · unit 5

TT #366 · 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 Berachos.

Sefaria — Berachos

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
הוֹצִיאֲךָ לָיְלָה – וַהֲלֹא לֹא יָצְאוּ אֶלָּא בַּיּוֹם, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר מִמָּחֳרַת הַפֶּסַח יָצְאוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּיָד רָמָה, אֶלָּא מְלַמֵּד שֶׁהִתְחִילָה לָהֶם גְּאֻלָּה מִבָּעֶרֶב.

English: "He brought you out by night" — But they did not leave until daytime, as it is said "on the morrow of the Pesach the children of Israel went out with a high hand"; rather, this teaches that their redemption began in the evening.

On the daf / in context: The nocturnal summons of Pharaoh marked the beginning of the redemption even though the actual departure occurred by day.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Berachos) — the redemption began at night.

What Is Learned

Although Israel left Egypt by day, the process of redemption began at night with Pharaoh’s summons.