?Kol Petter Rechem Li?. What are the connotations of Petter Rechem??
Rashi: As in Mishlei 17:14 ?Poter Mayim Reishis Madon?.
What are the connotations of ?Tizachar??
Rashi (citing Targum Onkelos) and Targum Yonasan: It means ?If she (the mother) gives birth to a male?.
Seforno: It means that it is via the part of the firstborn calf and lamb that go on the Mizbe?ach ? which are called ?Zikaron? that the owner will be remembered.
Why does the Torah insert the word "Kol Mikn'cha Tizachar"?
Bechoros, 3a: To teach us that the entire animal must belong to a Yisrael - to preclude an animal that one owns in partnership with a Nochri from the Din Bechorah. 1
With reference to ythe mother. See Torah Temimah, note 23.
Why does the Torah insert the Mitzvah of B'chor here?
Rashbam: Because, it was as a result of Makas Bechoros 1 that the firstborn were sanctified.
Seforno: Refer to 3:18:2:1.
Oznayim la'Torah: To avoid serving Avodah Zarah, it is not sufficient merely to keep one's distance from its worshippers. One must also remember the day that one left Egypt - Who took us out and why. Consequently, we need to recall a. how, when we left Egypt, the dough did not manage to rise before the King of Kings, Hakadosh-Baruch-Hu revealed Himself to us and redeemed us; b. to sanctify the firsborn - to remember the miracle of Makas Bechoros, and c. to bring the Korban Pesach - to remember how Hashem "plagued the Egyptians and saved our houses". In that way, we will never again declare to a golden calf 'Eileh Elohecha Yisrael asher He'euche me'Eretz Mitzrayim!' 2
Having written ?ve?Chol Mikn?cha Tizachar?, why does the Torah need to add Petter Shor va?Seh??
Bechoros, 6a: To teach us that all animals apart from those listed are not subject to the Bechorah - because "Kol Mikn'cha Tizachar" is a K'lal, and "Shor Seh va'Chamor", a P'rat, and 'K'lal u'Perat, Ein bi'Chelal Ela Mah she'bi'Perat' ? (When a K?lal and P?rat are not followed by a K?lal, the P?rat is exclusive).
