Derasha 89 on Vayikra 11:2

TT #89 · Parshas Shemini · Aliyah 5 · Passuk 2

The Complete Passuk

דַּבְּר֛וּ אֶל־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֵאמֹ֑ר זֹ֤את הַֽחַיָּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תֹּאכְל֔וּ מִכׇּל־הַבְּהֵמָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃

Chabad.org — Vayikra Chapter 11 with Rashi

English: “This is the animal that you may eat”: the wording teaches that an animal that is alive and fit may be eaten, while one that is not alive is not eaten; this includes the law of a tereifah.

Source Citation

Chullin 42a.

E-Daf.com — Chullin 42a (Tsurras Hadaf)

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text

זֹאת הַחַיָּה. זֹאת הַחַיָּה אֲשֶׁר תֹּאכְלוּ, חַיָּה אֱכֹל, שֶׁאֵינָהּ חַיָּה לֹא תֹאכַל, מִכָּאן לִטְרֵפָה שֶׁאֵינָהּ חַיָּה.

Type of Learning

Textual inference — The Chazal derives the teaching from the wording or context of the verse.

What Is Learned

The wording זאת החיה is read as limiting permitted consumption to an animal that can live, providing a Torah indication concerning a tereifah that cannot live.