עַל־כֵּ֡ן לֹֽא־יֹאכְל֨וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל אֶת־גִּ֣יד הַנָּשֶׁ֗ה אֲשֶׁר֙ עַל־כַּ֣ף הַיָּרֵ֔ךְ עַ֖ד הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה כִּ֤י נָגַע֙ בְּכַף־יֶ֣רֶךְ יַעֲקֹ֔ב בְּגִ֖יד הַנָּשֶֽׁה׃
Therefore the children of Yisrael do not eat the sciatic nerve that is on the hollow of the thigh, to this day, because he touched the hollow of Yaakov’s thigh on the sciatic nerve.
Torah Temimah points to Chullin 100b–101a.
גיד הנשה נוהג בטהורה ואינו נוהג בטמאה.
The sciatic nerve applies to a clean animal and does not apply to an unclean animal.
The Gemara limits the prohibition to animals that are otherwise permitted for consumption.
Derash on the range of the prohibition (Bavli).
The prohibition of the sciatic nerve applies only to animals of a pure species.