Derasha 95 on Vayikra 11:3

TT #95 · Parshas Shemini · Aliyah 5 · Passuk 3

The Complete Passuk

כֹּ֣ל מַפְרֶ֣סֶת פַּרְסָ֗ה וְשֹׁסַ֤עַת שֶׁ֨סַע֙ פְּרָסֹ֔ת מַֽעֲלַ֥ת גֵּרָ֖ה בַּבְּהֵמָ֑ה אֹתָ֖הּ תֹּאכֵֽלוּ:

Chabad.org — Vayikra Chapter 11 with Rashi

English: “You may eat it”: the emphatic “it” means this one, and not an impure animal.

Source Citation

Zevachim 34a.

E-Daf.com — Zevachim 34a (Tsurras Hadaf)

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text

אוֹתָהּ תֹּאכֵלוּ. מָה תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר אוֹתָהּ? אוֹתָהּ וְלֹא בְּהֵמָה טְמֵאָה.

Type of Learning

Textual exclusion — The Chazal derives the teaching from the wording or classification in the verse.

What Is Learned

The extra word אותה excludes impure animals from the permission to eat, establishing the broader prohibition rather than limiting it only to the named species.