Roasted by Fire Alone and Not on Spit or Grill

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 197:5

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"Roasted by fire" (Exodus 12:8) and not roasted on a spit, nor roasted on a grill, nor in an earthenware oven, but rather roasted by fire, that is, roasted from its raw state. You say it means from its raw state, or does it perhaps mean roasted in the manner of something boiled? The verse teaches, "but roasted by fire" (Exodus 12:9). Then what does "roasted by fire" come to teach? That it be roasted from its raw state. "Roasted by fire, and matzot." Scripture has added for it two commandments apart from the commandment stated regarding the offering itself. And which is that one? It is, "You shall not break a bone in it" (Exodus 12:46).

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