Derasha 112 on Vayikra 11:8

TT #112 · Parshas Shemini · Aliyah 5 · Passuk 8

The Complete Passuk

מִבְּשָׂרָם֙ לֹ֣א תֹאכֵ֔לוּ וּבְנִבְלָתָ֖ם לֹ֣א תִגָּ֑עוּ טְמֵאִ֥ים הֵ֖ם לָכֶֽם:

Chabad.org — Vayikra Chapter 11 with Rashi

English: You shall not eat of their flesh, and you shall not touch their carcasses; they are impure for you.

Source Citation

Toras Kohanim.

Sefaria — Sifra (Toras Kohanim), Shemini

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text

טְמֵאִים הֵם לָכֶם. לָכֶם – מֻתָּרִים הֵם בַּהֲנָאָה.

Type of Learning

Benefit versus consumption — The phrase “for you” teaches that although these animals are forbidden as food, benefit from them is not thereby prohibited.

What Is Learned

The phrase לכם limits the prohibition to their use as food, leaving their permitted non-food benefit intact.