Derasha 226 on Vayikra 11:39

TT #226 · Parshas Shemini · Aliyah 7 · Passuk 39

The Complete Passuk

וְכִי יָמוּת מִן־הַבְּהֵמָה אֲשֶׁר־הִיא לָכֶם לְאָכְלָה הַנֹּגֵעַ בְּנִבְלָתָהּ יִטְמָא עַד־הָעָרֶב:

Chabad.org — Vayikra Chapter 11 with Rashi

English: “From the animal”: some animals are included in this impurity while some are not; the example is a tereifah that was slaughtered.

Source Citation

Zevachim 69b.

E-Daf.com — Zevachim 69b (Tsurras Hadaf)

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
מִן הַבְּהֵמָה. אָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה אָמַר רַב, וְכִי יָמוּת מִן הַבְּהֵמָה, מִקְצָת בְּהֵמָה מְטַמְּאָה וּמִקְצָת בְּהֵמָה אֵינָהּ מְטַמְּאָה, וְאֵיזוֹ זוֹ, זוֹ טְרֵפָה שֶׁשְּׁחָטָה.

Type of Learning

Textual distinction — The Chazal derives the stated rule from the wording and comparison in the verse.

What Is Learned

A slaughtered tereifah is the stated partial exception.