Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Chasidut for Pesachim 191:12

אלא ההוא הזה למעוטי פסח שני דכוותיה

while elsewhere it is said, And ye shall keep it [mishmereth] until the fourteenth [etc.]:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Tishmeru and mishmereth have the same root.');"><sup>17</sup></span> just as there it requires a four days' examination before slaughtering, so here too it requires a four days examination before slaughtering? - There it is different, because tishmeru ['ye shall observe'] is written.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence the animal must be examined daily for four days before it is sacrificed, and the same applies to the annual Passover-offering, though the latter is not actually declared to be taken for that purpose.');"><sup>18</sup></span>

Kedushat Levi

Exodus 9,3. “and to the Children of Israel say as ‎follows: ‘take a he-goat for a sin offering;” this verse concludes ‎with the words: “as well as an ox and a ram as a peace offering ‎to slaughter in the presence of the Lord and a gift offering ‎soaked in oil, for on this day the Lord has appeared to ‎you” (collectively). This verse which sounds as if it was an ‎afterthought, raises the question how this was possible as we ‎have a rule (Pessachim 96) that any animal designated as a ‎sacrificial animal must undergo at least 4 days of examination to ‎determine if it is not blemished in any way. Why did G’d ‎command to take these animals and present them as sacrifices on ‎the same day they had been selected without their having to ‎undergo the four day period during which they would be ‎examined as to the state of their fitness? The fact that this ‎occurred on the same day is evident from the fact that Aaron did ‎not descend from the altar and bless the people until all the ‎animals and the gift offering had been presented (verse 23).‎
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