Pisqa’ 131⁴²⁹

1. “Leaven⁴³⁰ 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.**⁴³¹ 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.

footnotes: ⁴²⁹ H:175; JN1:319-320. ⁴³⁰ Heb: se’or; ⁴³¹ Cf. Mechilta Ishmael, paskha’,

“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

footnotes: 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.

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].

both this and that **[are prohibited at the smaller] volume of an olive.**⁴³³

footnotes: ⁴³³ Cf. 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.**⁴³⁴ Or, is it possible to say that **it refers to the morning of the second day?**⁴³⁵

“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).**⁴³⁶ 131, 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 per. 12:7-8.

footnotes: ⁴³⁴ Neusner 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.” ⁴³⁵ Encompassing Passover evening, the following first day of Passover, and the next night t ill morning. ⁴³⁶ Commentaries 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’ ⁴³⁷ // Sifra, tsav,