Derasha 131 on Vayikra 11:13

TT #131 · Parshas Shemini · Aliyah 6 · Passuk 13

The Complete Passuk

וְאֶת־אֵלֶּה תְּשַׁקְּצוּ מִן־הָעוֹף לֹא יֵאָכְלוּ שֶׁקֶץ הֵם אֶת־הַנֶּשֶׁר וְאֶת־הַפֶּרֶס וְאֵת הָעָזְנִיָּה:

Chabad.org — Vayikra Chapter 11 with Rashi

English: These you shall abominate among the birds; they shall not be eaten—they are an abomination: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture.

Source Citation

Sifra (Toras Kohanim), Shemini, Section 3.

Sefaria — Sifra, Shemini, Section 3

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text

שֶׁקֶץ הֵם. תַּנְיָא, וְאֶת אֵלֶּה תְּשַׁקְּצוּ מִן הָעוֹף לֹא יֵאָכְלוּ שֶׁקֶץ הֵם, הֵם וּמִן – הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ מְעוּטִין, פְּרָט לְחַרְטוֹם וְלַצִּפּוֹרְנַיִם וְלַכְּנָפַיִם וְלַנּוֹצָה שֶׁלָּהֶם.

Type of Learning

Textual exclusion — The limiting words exclude the beak, claws, wings, and feathers themselves from the specific food prohibition.

What Is Learned

The exclusion applies to the bird itself as food; the listed non-flesh parts are not included in this prohibition.