Commentaire sur L’Exode 13:3

זכור את היום הזה REMEMBER THIS DAY — This teaches that one must make mention of the Exodus from Egypt every day (Mekhilta d'Rabbi Yishmael 13:3; cf. Rashi on Deuteronomy 27:9).

This teaches that mention of the Exodus from Egypt should be made every day. [Re”m explains that Rashi knows this because] זכור is written with a קמץ , therefore it implies a constant remembering, as Rashi explains in Parshas Yisro, on “Remember the Shabbos day” (20:8). There, the Nachalas Yaakov disagrees at length with Re”m, and concludes: It seems to me that Rashi derived the mentioning of the Exodus every day from the word הזה (this). For the verse could have [omitted הזה and] said simply, “Remember the day on which you came out from Egypt,” as the Torah says in: “In order that you shall remember the day on which you came out from Egypt” (Devarim 16:3). Therefore, when this verse says היום הזה , this implies that every day should be to you as if you left Egypt today, similar to: “On this day you have become a nation (ibid 27:10),” on which Rashi explains: “Every day should be to you as if today you entered the covenant.” Deriving the mention of the Exodus from היום הזה fits well [with Maseches Berachos 12b, which states that] only at daytime would we mention the Exodus, [if not for the extra verse in Devarim 16:3 which teaches to mention it also at night]. This is understandable if we learn from היום הזה , as the Exodus itself was during the daytime. But if we learn from זכור , which implies constant remembering, [and thus it includes the nighttime as well, there is no need for an extra verse].