Toldos 27:16 · unit 1

TT #32 · Parashas Toldos · Passuk 27:16

The Complete Passuk

וְאֵ֗ת עֹרֹת֙ גְּדָיֵ֣י הָֽעִזִּ֔ים הִלְבִּ֖ישָׁה עַל־יָדָ֑יו וְעַ֖ל חֶלְקַ֥ת צַוָּארָֽיו׃

and the skins of the kids she put on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck.

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Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Chullin 113b. E-Daf · Sefaria — Chullin 113b

TT lemma: גדיי העזים.

…כָּאן גְּדָיֵי הָעִזִּים, הָא כׇּל מָקוֹם שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר גְּדִי סְתָם – אֲפִילּוּ פָּרָה וְרָחֵל בַּמַּשְׁמָע.

Here “kids of the goats”; but wherever “gedi” is said without qualification, even a cow or a ewe is included.

On the daf / in context: The specification “of the goats” implies that the unqualified term gedi is broader; implications for cooking a kid in its mother’s milk.

Type of Learning

Custom (Bavli — unqualified gedi includes other species)

What Is Learned

When the Torah says “gedi” without further qualification it includes other species as well; the specification “kids of the goats” here is the source.