Vayeishev 38:20 · unit 1

Parashas Vayeishev · Passuk 38:20

The Complete Passuk

וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח יְהוּדָ֜ה אֶת־גְּדִ֣י הָֽעִזִּ֗ים בְּיַד֙ רֵעֵ֣הוּ הָֽעֲדֻלָּמִ֔י לָקַ֥חַת הָעֵרָב֖וֹן מִיַּ֣ד הָאִשָּׁ֑ה וְלֹ֖א מְצָאָֽהּ׃

And Yehudah sent the kid of the goats by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman’s hand; but he did not find her.

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Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Chullin 113b (classic on גדי).

Sefaria — Chullin 113b (classic on גדי)

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
מִדְּפָרֵישׁ ״גְּדִי עִזִּים״ — שְׁמַע מִינַּהּ כָּאן גְּדִיֵּי עִזִּים, הָא כׇּל מָקוֹם שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר גְּדִי סְתָם — אֲפִלּוּ פָּרָה וְרָחֵל בְּמַשְׁמַע.

English: Since the verse specifies “a kid of the goats,” learn from here that here it means kids of goats; but wherever “g’di” is stated without specification, even a cow or a ewe is included.

On the daf / in context: Torah Temimah points to the implication for basar be-chalav: the unspecified “g’di” of “do not cook a kid in its mother’s milk” is not limited to goats.

Type of Learning

R’ Eliezer #1 — Ribbui / specification: when the Torah sometimes says “g’di of goats” and sometimes “g’di” alone, the bare term is inclusive.

What Is Learned

“G’di” without qualification includes other species; the law of meat-and-milk is not limited to goat meat.