Pisqa’ 131429H:175; JN1:319-320. 1. “Leaven430Heb: se’or; the leavening agent, rather than khametz, the leavened product..should be out of your sight” (Dt.16:4)— you may see the leaven of [gentile] others among you.431Cf. Mechilta Ishmael, paskha’, 10; Mechilta Shimon- Nelson, p. 38. “Leaven should be out of your sight” (Dt.16:4)— you may see the leaven of the Supernal One [if it had been already consecrated to the Holy Abode, for it is not yours]. “Leaven should be out of your sight” (Dt.16:4)— [you may see leaven] on a plaza where it is deemed to be ownerless, and thus not yours.
“Leaven should be out of your sight” (Dt.16:4)— that is, nullify it in your heart. On this basis they taught: One who is on the way to slaughter his Paschal lamb, or to circumcise his son, and recalls that he has leavened-food inside his home— if he has time to return and remove it, and can still complete the intended commandment, let him return home [to remove it]. But if not, he should nullify it in his heart.432//M. Pes. 3:7.
“Leavened-food (khametz) should be out of your sight” (Ex.13:7) and “Leaven (se’or) should be out of your sight” (Dt.16:4)— [why does the Torah distinguish khametz from se’or]? This points to a dispute between the disciple-circle of Shammai and the disciple-circle of Hillel. For the circle of Shammai say: as for leaven, the volume of an olive [is prohibited during Passover]; but as for leavened-food, the volume of a large date [is prohibited during Passover]. But the circle of Hillel say: both this and that [are prohibited at the smaller] volume of an olive.433Cf. M. Bez. 1:1; T. YT. 1:4.
2. “And any meat that you slaughter for the evening shall not remain over night” (Dt.16:4). What sacrifice do you offer by day in order to eat it that night? I would say: the Paschal lamb!
“Till morning of the first day” (Dt.16:4)]— that is, the morning of the third day.434Neusner explains as follows (JN1.320): “The first night, the intervening day, and the second night form the period during which the meat must be eaten up.” Or, is it possible to say that it refers to the morning of the second day?435Encompassing Passover evening, the following first day of Passover, and the next night t ill morning. The Teaching states: “If his sacrificial offering is a . . . Voluntary-offering . . . on the day of his sacrifice shall he eat it . .. but what remains of the sacrificial meat by the third day shall be burnt in fire” (Lv.7:16-17).436Commentaries are unclear about the import of this proof text. RH and Ish-Shalom omit it. See Sifra’s parallel (next note) and the comments of H:444, Pisqa’ 131, n. 7. The phrase, or a Voluntary-offering, includes the Festival-offering (khagigah) that is brought with the Paschal lamb in the requirement to be eaten within two days. Well, then, how do I understand the phrase till morning (Dt. 16:4)? It refers to the [Festival-offering, which may be eaten] on the morning of the third day [unlike the Paschal lamb].437// Sifra, tsav, per. 12:7-8.
(דברים טז ד) לֹא יֵרָאֶה לְךָ שְׂאֹר, רוֹאֶה אַתָּה לַאֲחֵרִים; לֹא יֵרָאֶה לְךָ שְׂאֹר, רוֹאֶה אַתָּה לַגָּבוֹהַּ; לֹא יֵרָאֶה לְךָ שְׂאֹר, רוֹאֶה אַתָּה בַּפְּלַטְיָא.
Pisqa’ 131429H:175; JN1:319-320.
1. “Leaven430Heb: se’or; the leavening agent, rather than khametz, the leavened product.. should be out of your sight” (Dt.16:4)—
you may see the leaven of [gentile] others among you.431Cf. Mechilta Ishmael, paskha’, 10; Mechilta Shimon- Nelson, p. 38.
“Leaven should be out of your sight” (Dt.16:4)—
you may see the leaven of the Supernal One
[if it had been already consecrated
to the Holy Abode, for it is not yours].
“Leaven should be out of your sight” (Dt.16:4)—
[you may see leaven] on a plaza
where it is deemed to be ownerless, and thus not yours.
לֹא יֵרָאֶה לְךָ שְׂאֹר, בַּטֵּל בְּלִבְּךָ! מִכָּאן אָמְרוּ (פסחים ג ז): הַהוֹלֵךְ לִשְׁחוֹט אֶת פִּסְחוֹ וְלָמוּל אֶת בְּנוֹ, וְנִזְכַּר שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ חָמֵץ בְּתוֹךְ בֵּיתוֹ – אִם יָכוֹל לַחֲזוֹר וּלְבַעֵר וְלַחֲזוֹר לְמִצְוָתוֹ – יַחֲזוֹר; וְאִם לָאו – יְבַטֵּל בְּלִבּוֹ.
“Leaven should be out of your sight” (Dt.16:4)—
that is, nullify it in your heart.
On this basis they taught:
One who is on the way to slaughter his Paschal lamb,
or to circumcise his son,
and recalls that he has leavened-food inside his home—
if he has time to return and remove it,
and can still complete the intended commandment,
let him return home [to remove it].
But if not, he should nullify it in his heart.432//M. Pes. 3:7.
(שמות יג ז) ״לֹא יֵרָאֶה לְךָ חָמֵץ וְלֹא יֵרָאֶה לְךָ שְׂאֹר״ – זֶהוּ חִלּוּק שֶׁבֵּין בֵּית שַׁמַּיי לְבֵית הִלֵּל (ביצה פ״א מ״א) שֶׁבֵּית שַׁמַּיי אוֹמְרִים: שְׂאוֹר כַּזַּיִת וְחָמֵץ כַּכּוֹתֶבֶת, וּבֵית הִלֵּל אוֹמְרִים: זֶה וָזֶה כַּזַּיִת.
“Leavened-food (khametz) should be out of your sight” (Ex.13:7) and
“Leaven (se’or) should be out of your sight” (Dt.16:4)—
[why does the Torah distinguish khametz from se’or]?
This points to a dispute between
the disciple-circle of Shammai and the disciple-circle of Hillel.
For the circle of Shammai say:
as for leaven,
the volume of an olive [is prohibited during Passover];
but as for leavened-food,
the volume of a large date [is prohibited during Passover].
But the circle of Hillel say:
both this and that
[are prohibited at the smaller] volume of an olive.433Cf. M. Bez. 1:1; T. YT. 1:4.
וְלֹא יָלִין מִן הַבָּשָׂר אֲשֶׁר תִּזְבַּח בָּעֶרֶב, אֵיזוֹ זְבִיחָה אַתָּה זוֹבֵחַ עַל מְנָת לֶאֱכוֹל לָעֶרֶב? הֱוֵי אוֹמֵר זֶה הַפֶּסַח.
2. “And any meat that you slaughter for the evening
shall not remain over night” (Dt.16:4).
What sacrifice do you offer by day
in order to eat it that night?
I would say: the Paschal lamb!
בַּיּוֹם הָרִאשׁוֹן לַבֹּקֶר, לְבָקְרוֹ שֶׁל שְׁלִישִׁי אוֹ יָכוֹל לְבָקְרוֹ שֶׁל שֵׁנִי? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: ״נֶדֶר״, (ויקרא ז טז) ״אִם נֶדֶר״; ״נְדָבָה״, (ויקרא ז טז) ״אוֹ נְדָבָה״, לְרַבּוֹת חֲגִיגָה הַבָּאָה עִם הַפֶּסַח, שֶׁתֵּאָכֵל לִשְׁנֵי יָמִים. הָא מָה אֲנִי מְקַיֵּם לַבֹּקֶר? לְבָקְרוֹ שֶׁל שְׁלִישִׁי.
“Till morning of the first day” (Dt.16:4)]—
that is, the morning of the third day.434Neusner explains as follows (JN1.320): “The first night, the intervening day, and the second night form the period during which the meat must be eaten up.”
Or, is it possible to say that
it refers to the morning of the second day?435Encompassing Passover evening, the following first day of Passover, and the next night t ill morning.
The Teaching states:
“If his sacrificial offering is a . . . Voluntary-offering . . .
on the day of his sacrifice shall he eat it . ..
but what remains of the sacrificial meat by the third day
shall be burnt in fire” (Lv.7:16-17).436Commentaries are unclear about the import of this proof text. RH and Ish-Shalom omit it. See Sifra’s parallel (next note) and the comments of H:444, Pisqa’ 131, n. 7. The phrase, or a Voluntary-offering,
includes the Festival-offering (khagigah) that is brought with the Paschal lamb
in the requirement to be eaten within two days.
Well, then, how do I understand the phrase till morning (Dt. 16:4)?
It refers to the
[Festival-offering, which may be eaten]
on the morning of the third day
[unlike the Paschal lamb].437// Sifra, tsav, per. 12:7-8.