Derasha 7 on Vayikra 11:31

TT #173 · Parshas Shemini · Aliyah 5 · Passuk 31

The Complete Passuk

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

Niddah 56a.

E-Daf.com — Niddah 56a (Tsurras Hadaf)

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
כָּל הַנּוֹגֵעַ בָּהֶם. אִי בָהֶם יָכוֹל בְּכֻלָּם? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר מֵהֶם, אִי מֵהֶם יָכוֹל בְּמִקְצָתָם? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר בָּהֶם. הָא כֵּיצַד? כָּאן בְּלַח כָּאן בְּיָבֵשׁ.

Type of Learning

Textual distinction — The same terms “them” and “from them” are reconciled according to whether the sheretz is moist or dry.

What Is Learned

The verse's wording distinguishes the impurity of a moist sheretz from the rule governing a dry one.