15) "Only on the first day you shall eliminate leaven from

Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael Mekhilta Tractate Pischa 8:7

Curated by The Jewish Mythology Team · Published January 7, 2025

(Ibid. 15) "Only on the first day you shall eliminate leaven from your houses": before the eve of the festival. You say this, but perhaps (the meaning is) on the day of the festival itself? (This cannot be, for) it is written (Ibid. 34:25) "Do not slaughter with chametz the blood of My sacrifice"—Do not slaughter the Paschal lamb when chametz is still found, (whence it is derived that chametz is forbidden from the sixth hour on the fourteenth of Nissan [when the Paschal lamb is slaughtered]). These are the words of R. Yishmael.

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