Derasha 192 on Vayikra 11:33

TT #192 · 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: “Into its midst”: this excludes a bed, chair, bench, table, boat, and earthen lamp that have no interior cavity.

Source Citation

Toras Kohanim.

Wikisource — Sifra, Shemini, Chapter 7

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
אֶל תּוֹכוֹ. פְּרָט לְמִטָּה וְלַכִּסֵּא וְלַסַּפְסָל וְלַשֻּׁלְחָן וְלַסְּפִינָה וְלַמְּנוֹרָה שֶׁל חֶרֶס שֶׁאֵין לָהֶם תּוֹךְ.

Type of Learning

Textual exclusion — The Chazal derives the stated rule directly from the wording of the verse.

What Is Learned

Specified open earthenware objects are excluded.