Derasha 121 on Vayikra 11:10

TT #121 · Parshas Shemini · Aliyah 6 · Passuk 10

The Complete Passuk

וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר אֵין־לוֹ סְנַפִּיר וְקַשְׂקֶשֶׂת בַּיַּמִּים וּבַנְּחָלִים מִכֹּל שֶׁרֶץ הַמַּיִם וּמִכֹּל נֶפֶשׁ הַחַיָּה אֲשֶׁר בַּמָּיִם שֶׁקֶץ הֵם לָכֶם:

Chabad.org — Vayikra Chapter 11 with Rashi

English: But anything in the seas or streams that has no fins and scales among all the swarming things and all the living creatures in the water is an abomination for you.

Source Citation

Sifra (Toras Kohanim), Shemini, Section 3.

Sefaria — Sifra, Shemini, Section 3

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text

וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר אֵין לוֹ. עַיֵּן לְעֵיל בְּפָסוּק ד׳ בַּדְּרָשָׁה אַךְ אֶת זֶה לֹא תֹאכֵלוּ.

Type of Learning

Cross-reference — The teaching points back to the parallel derivation on verse 4, applying the same textual principle here.

What Is Learned

This entry is an explicit cross-reference to the earlier 11:4 derivation rather than a new independent quotation.