Derasha on Bamidbar 33:3 · TT unit 3

Parashas Masei · Passuk 33:3 · TT note 3

The Complete Passuk

וַיִּסְע֤וּ מֵֽרַעְמְסֵס֙ בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ הָרִאשׁ֔וֹן בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֥ה עָשָׂ֛ר י֖וֹם לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ הָרִאשׁ֑וֹן מִֽמׇּחֳרַ֣ת הַפֶּ֗סַח יָצְא֤וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ בְּיָ֣ד רָמָ֔ה לְעֵינֵ֖י כׇּל־מִצְרָֽיִם׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Berachos 9a (TT note on “מִמׇּחֳרַת הַפֶּסַח יָצְאוּ”).

E-Daf.com — Tsurras Hadaf (Berachos 9a)
HebrewBooks / Shas PDF of the daf

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Berachos 9a
כֻּלֵּי עָלְמָא כַּד אִיתְפְּרַקוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל מִמִּצְרַיִם — בָּעֶרֶב אִיתְפְּרַקוּ, דִּכְתִיב: ״הוֹצִיאֲךָ ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ מִמִּצְרַיִם לָיְלָה״. וְכִי יָצְאוּ — לֹא יָצְאוּ אֶלָּא בַּיּוֹם, דִּכְתִיב: ״מִמׇּחֳרַת הַפֶּסַח יָצְאוּ בְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּיָד רָמָה״. … תָּנָא נָמֵי הָכִי: ״הוֹצִיאֲךָ ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ מִמִּצְרַיִם לָיְלָה״ — וְכִי בַּלַּיְלָה יָצְאוּ? וַהֲלֹא לֹא יָצְאוּ אֶלָּא בַּיּוֹם, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״מִמׇּחֳרַת הַפֶּסַח יָצְאוּ בְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּיָד רָמָה״! אֶלָּא מְלַמֵּד שֶׁהִתְחִילָה לָהֶם גְּאֻלָּה מִבָּעֶרֶב.

English: All agree that when Israel was redeemed from Egypt, they were redeemed in the evening, as it is said “the Lord your God took you out of Egypt at night.” And when they left, they left only by day, as it is said “on the morrow of the Pesach the children of Israel went out with a high hand.” … This teaches that the redemption began for them in the evening.

Type of Learning

Resolution of conflicting verses (night vs day) — gezerah / contextual reading of “at night” as the start of redemption.

What Is Learned

The physical exit was by day (this passuk), while the redemption process began the previous evening when Pharaoh permitted them to leave — both verses stand.