3) "On the tenth day of this month, they shall take" — This

Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael Mekhilta Tractate Pischa 3:7

Curated by The Jewish Mythology Team · Published January 24, 2025

(Ibid. 3) "On the tenth day of this month, they shall take": This tells me that only the tenth day is kasher for taking. Whence do I derive (the same for) the fourteenth day? It follows a fortiori, viz.: If the tenth day, which is not kasher for slaughtering, is kasher for taking, then the fourteenth day, which is kasher for slaughtering, how much more so is it kasher for taking! Whence do I derive (the same for) the thirteenth day? It follows a fortiori, viz.: If the tenth day which is not proximate to slaughtering, is kasher for taking, how much more so the thirteenth, which is proximate to slaughtering! And the same applies to the eleventh and twelfth days.

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