Reeh 16:3 · unit 3

TT #370 · Parashas Reeh · Seventh Aliyah · Passuk 16:3

The Complete Passuk

לֹא־תֹאכַ֤ל עָלָיו֙ חָמֵ֔ץ שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִ֛ים תֹּֽאכַל־עָלָ֥יו מַצּ֖וֹת לֶ֣חֶם עֹ֑נִי כִּ֣י בְחִפָּז֗וֹן יָצָ֙אתָ֙ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם לְמַ֣עַן תִּזְכֹּר֔ אֶת־י֤וֹם צֵאתְךָ֙ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם כֹּ֖ל יְמֵ֥י חַיֶּֽיךָ׃

You shall not eat leaven with it; seven days you shall eat with it matzos, the bread of affliction, for in haste you went out of the land of Egypt, in order that you may remember the day of your going out of the land of Egypt all the days of your life.

Chabad.org — 16:3

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Pesachim.

Sefaria — Pesachim

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
תֹּאכַל עָלָיו מַצּוֹת – וְסָמִיךְ לֵיהּ לֹא תֹאכַל עָלָיו חָמֵץ, מְלַמֵּד שֶׁאֵין יוֹצְאִין חוֹבַת מַצָּה אֶלָּא בְּדָבָר שֶׁאִסּוּרוֹ מִשּׁוּם בַּל תֹּאכַל חָמֵץ, יָצָא מַצַּת טֶבֶל שֶׁאֲסוּרָה מִשּׁוּם טֶבֶל.

English: "You shall eat matzos with it" — and next to it is written "you shall not eat leaven with it"; this teaches that one fulfills the obligation of matzah only with something whose prohibition is because of "you shall not eat chametz." This excludes matzah of tevel, which is forbidden because of tevel.

On the daf / in context: Matzah made from untithed produce does not fulfill the mitzvah even though it is itself unleavened.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Pesachim) — matzah of tevel does not fulfill the mitzvah.

What Is Learned

One does not fulfill the obligation of matzah with matzah made from produce that is still tevel.