Derasha 137 on Vayikra 11:16

TT #138 · Parshas Shemini · Aliyah 6 · Passuk 16

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וְאֵת בַּת הַיַּעֲנָה וְאֶת־הַתַּחְמָס וְאֶת־הַשָּׁחַף וְאֶת־הַנֵּץ לְמִינֵהוּ:

English: the owl, the nighthawk, the seagull; the various kinds of hawk;

Chullin 63a.

E-Daf.com — Chullin 63a (Tsurras Hadaf)

Core Text

וְאֶת הַנֵּץ לְמִינֵהוּ. לְמִינֵהוּ – לְהָבִיא בַּר חַרְיָא.

Textual extension — “According to its kind” adds the related species identified by the tradition.

The phrase “according to its kind” includes the additional bird identified by the sages as bar charya.