Derasha 118 on Vayikra 11:9

TT #118 · Parshas Shemini · Aliyah 6 · Passuk 9

The Complete Passuk

אֶת־זֶה֙ תֹּֽאכְל֔וּ מִכֹּ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּמָּ֑יִם כֹּ֣ל אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ֩ סְנַפִּ֨יר וְקַשְׂקֶ֜שֶׂת בַּמַּ֗יִם בַּיַּמִּ֛ים וּבַנְּחָלִ֖ים אֹתָ֥ם תֹּאכֵֽלוּ:

English: These you may eat among all that live in water: anything in the water, whether in the seas or in the streams, that has fins and scales—these you may eat.

Source Citation

Bechoros 7b.

E-Daf.com — Bechoros 7b (Tsurras Hadaf)

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text

אֹתָם תֹּאכֵלוּ. לְרַבּוֹת אֶת הַטָּהוֹר שֶׁבְּמֵעֵי הַטָּמֵא, יָכוֹל אֲפִלּוּ טָמֵא שֶׁבְּמֵעֵי הַטָּהוֹר? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר אֹתָם.

Type of Learning

Textual inclusion and exclusion — “These” includes the pure creature found within an impure creature, while excluding the reverse case.

What Is Learned

A pure fish swallowed by an impure fish remains included; the reciprocal case is excluded.