Derasha 119 on Vayikra 11:9

TT #119 · 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

Chullin 99b.

E-Daf.com — Chullin 99b (Tsurras Hadaf)

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text

אֹתָם תֹּאכֵלוּ. תֹּאכֵלוּ – לְרַבּוֹת אֶת הַטָּהוֹר שֶׁנִּכְבַּשׁ עִם הַטָּמֵא, יָכוֹל אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁנִּמּוֹחַ? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר אֹתָם.

Type of Learning

Textual inclusion and exclusion — “You may eat these” includes a pure creature pickled together with an impure one, while excluding a case where the pure creature has dissolved.

What Is Learned

The pure fish mixed with an impure one is permitted while it remains identifiable and intact.