Derasha 188 on Vayikra 11:33

TT #188 · Parshas Shemini · Aliyah 7 · Passuk 33

The Complete Passuk

וְכָל־כְּלִי־חֶרֶשׂ אֲשֶׁר־יִפֹּל מֵהֶם אֶל־תּוֹכוֹ כֹּל אֲשֶׁר בְּתוֹכוֹ יִטְמָא וְאֹתוֹ תִשְׁבֹּרוּ:

Chabad.org — Vayikra Chapter 11 with Rashi

English: “That falls from them”: this excludes a chicken that swallowed a creeping creature and then fell into the airspace of an oven; while it remains alive the oven is pure, but if it dies the oven is impure.

Source Citation

Toras Kohanim.

Wikisource — Sifra, Shemini, Chapter 7

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
אֲשֶׁר יִפֹּל מֵהֶם. פְּרָט לְתַרְנְגוֹל שֶׁבָּלַע אֶת הַשֶּׁרֶץ וְנָפַל לַאֲוִיר הַתַּנּוּר שֶׁהוּא טָהוֹר וְאִם מֵת טָמֵא.

Type of Learning

Case distinction — The Chazal derives the stated rule directly from the wording of the verse.

What Is Learned

The live swallowed-sheretz case differs from the dead case.