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Misva #15: Bringing Meat of the Korban Pesach to a Different Location

Misva #15: Bringing Meat of the Korban Pesach to a Different Location

FromSefer Hachinuch


Misva #15: Bringing Meat of the Korban Pesach to a Different Location

FromSefer Hachinuch

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20 minutes
Released:
Aug 16, 2021
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Podcast episode

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The Torah commands amidst its discussion of the Pesach sacrifice in the Book of Shemot (12:46), “Lo Tosi Min Ha’bayit Min Ha’basar Husa” – that Beneh Yisrael were not allowed to bring any meat of the Korban Pesach outside their homes on the night of the Exodus from Egypt. This verse establishes a prohibition against bringing meat of the Pesach sacrifice away from the original place where it is eaten. One who brings meat of the Korban Pesach away from its original location has transgressed this Biblical command, and is liable to Malkut (lashes). The Sefer Ha’hinuch explains that at the time of the Exodus, we rose from the status of lowly slaves to the status of royalty, as we became the treasured nation of G-d, King of the world. As such, the Korban Pesach, which commemorates this miraculous event, must be eaten in a regal manner. Members of the aristocracy, the Sefer Ha’hinuch writes, would eat their large, festive meals in a single location, in a large group, without moving or sending any food elsewhere. Ordinary people, however, did not usually enjoy robust meals, and so when they did, it was a special event, and they would send some food portions to other people. The Korban Pesach celebrates the royal status to which we ascended at the time of the Exodus from Egypt, and so the Torah required that it be eaten the way wealthy aristocrats ate their meals, and forbade sending any portion of the sacrifice away from the place where the feast is taking place. The Torah issues this command with the verb “Tosi,” which resembles the term “Hosa’a” used in reference to the prohibition against carrying from one domain to another on Shabbat. Therefore, as in the case of carrying on Shabbat, this prohibition is transgressed only if the violator performs both an “Akira” and “Hanaha” – meaning, he picks up the meat in its current location, and brings it to a new location and then puts it down. However, unlike on Shabbat, when the violation requires carrying an item from one domain to another, the prohibition against moving the Pesach sacrifice is violated even within a single domain. If a person brings meat of the sacrifice from one place in a home to another place in the same home, he has transgressed the prohibition even though he never brought the meat outside the building. This prohibition applies only on the night of the 15 th of Nissan, when the meat of the Korban Pesach is to be eaten; it does not apply in the afternoon of the 14 th , before the meat may be eaten. Additionally, this prohibition does not apply to Pesach Sheni, when one who was unable to offer the sacrifice on the 14 th of Nissan does so one month later, on the 14 th of Iyar. This is the ruling of the Rambam, in Hilchot Korban Pesach (10:15). The Minhat Hinuch notes that this prohibition applies only to meat of the Pesach sacrifice which is fit for consumption, and not to meat which has become forbidden for consumption. For this reason, the prohibition does not apply once somebody had violated the prohibition and moved the Korban Pesch from its original location. Once it had been moved, it is no longer permissible, and thus one who moves it to a third location does not violate this prohibition.
Released:
Aug 16, 2021
Format:
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