Derasha 165 on Vayikra 11:30

TT #166 · Parshas Shemini · Aliyah 6 · Passuk 30

The Complete Passuk

וְהָאֲנָקָה וְהַכֹּחַ וְהַלְּטָאָה וְהַחֹמֶט וְהַתִּנְשָׁמֶת:

Chabad.org — Vayikra Chapter 11 with Rashi

English: and the gecko, the land crocodile, the lizard, the skink, and the chameleon.

Source Citation

Chullin 63a.

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

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text

וְאֶת הַתִּנְשֶׁמֶת. תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן, תִּנְשֶׁמֶת – בָּאוֹת שֶׁבַּשְּׁרָצִים, וְזוֹ הִיא קוֹרְפְּדַאי.

Type of Learning

Terminological identification — The traditional identification explains the tinshémet of the swarming creatures as the creature called korpedai.

What Is Learned

The same name used among the forbidden birds is also applied to a creature among the sheratzim, identified here as korpedai.