ובא השמש וטהר. ידוע כי וטהר שב אל הטמא כמו וכפר עליה הכהן וטהרה כי אין בפסוק זכר יום רק חז״ל העתיקו אפילו שיבא השמש לא יאכל עד סור האור ושמו זה הפסוק לאסמכתא כאשר פירשתי בפסוק לעם נכרי על כן אמרו טהר יומא: AND WHEN THE SUN IS DOWN, HE SHALL BE CLEAN. It is known that he shall be clean refers to the unclean, for there is no mention of the word day in the verse.8Hence ve-taher (and he shall be clean) cannot refer to the day. Compare, and the priest shall make atonement for her, and she shall be clean (Lev. 12:8). However, the rabbis of blessed memory transmitted to us the law that even if the sun sets he shall not eat until it is completely dark.9According to the rabbis ve-taher (and he shall be clean) refers to the day. They render ve-taher as, and it shall be clean; i.e., the day shall be cleared away. See Berakhot 2a,b. They used this verse as a support.10The Rabbinic interpretation is not the real meaning of the verse. I have explained the latter11The Rabbinic use of a verse as a support for their traditions. in my comments on the verse unto a foreign people (Ex. 21:8).12See Vol. 2, p. 458. The rabbis therefore13Because they used this verse as a support. said that ve-taher (he should be clean) means that the day shall be clean.
כי לחמו. מאכלו וכבר פירשתיו: BECAUSE IT IS HIS BREAD. His food.14His bread means his food. I have previously explained this.15That lechem (bread) means food. See I.E. on Ex 16:4 (Vol. 2, p. 316).