Derasha 97 on Vayikra 11:4

TT #97 · Parshas Shemini · Aliyah 6 · Passuk 4

The Complete Passuk

אַ֤ךְ אֶת־זֶה֙ לֹ֣א תֹֽאכְל֔וּ מִֽמַּעֲלֵי֙ הַגֵּרָ֔ה וּמִמַּפְרִיסֵ֖י הַפַּרְסָ֑ה אֶֽת־הַ֠גָּמָל כִּֽי־מַעֲלֵ֨ה גֵרָ֜ה ה֗וּא וּפַרְסָה֙ אֵינֶ֣נּוּ מַפְרִ֔יס טָמֵ֥א ה֖וּא לָכֶֽם׃

Chabad.org — Vayikra Chapter 11 with Rashi

English: “Only this you shall not eat”: the verse excludes the flesh of creatures that walk on two legs from the specific prohibition derived here.

Source Citation

Sifra (Toras Kohanim), Shemini, Chapter 3.

Sefaria — Sifra, Shemini, Chapter 3

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text

אַךְ אֶת זֶה. יָכוֹל אַף בְּשַׂר מְהַלְּכֵי שְׁתַּיִם אָסוּר? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר אַךְ אֶת זֶה.

Type of Learning

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

What Is Learned

The limiting word אך is read to exclude human flesh from the prohibition stated here; Torah Temimah identifies this as the Toras Kohanim derashah and then discusses the Rambam, Ramban, and Rashba.