Derasha 5 on Vayikra 11:31

TT #171 · Parshas Shemini · Aliyah 5 · Passuk 31

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אֵלֶּה הַטְּמֵאִים לָכֶם בְּכָל־הַשָּׁרֶץ כָּל־הַנֹּגֵעַ בָּהֶם בְּמֹתָם יִטְמָא עַד־הָעָרֶב:

Chabad.org — Vayikra Chapter 11 with Rashi

English: These are the impure among the swarming things; whoever touches them when dead shall be impure until evening.

Source Citation

Chullin 128b.

E-Daf.com — Chullin 128b (Tsurras Hadaf)

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
בְּכָל הַשֶּׁרֶץ. תַּנְיָא, יָכוֹל בְּשַׂר הַפּוֹרֵשׁ מִן הַשְּׁרָצִים יְהֵא טָמֵא? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר הַשֶּׁרֶץ, מַה שֶּׁרֶץ בָּשָׂר גִּידִים וְעֲצָמוֹת, אַף כָּל בָּשָׂר גִּידִים וְעֲצָמוֹת.

Type of Learning

Textual definition — The word “sheretz” defines the bodily components required for the corresponding impurity.

What Is Learned

Detached flesh of a sheretz is treated as sheretz material for this law when it includes flesh, sinews, and bones as defined by the derashah.