Derasha 266 on Vayikra 11:47

TT #266 · Parshas Shemini · Aliyah 7 · Passuk 47

The Complete Passuk

לְהַבְדִּיל בֵּין הַטָּמֵא וּבֵין הַטָּהֹר וּבֵין הַחַיָּה הַנֶּאֱכֶלֶת וּבֵין הַחַיָּה אֲשֶׁר לֹא תֵאָכֵל:

Chabad.org — Vayikra Chapter 11 with Rashi

English: To distinguish between the impure and the pure, and between the animal that may be eaten and the animal that may not be eaten.

לְהַבְדִּיל בֵּין הַטָּמֵא וּבֵין הַטָּהֹר וּבֵין הַחַיָּה הַנֶּאֱכֶלֶת וּבֵין הַחַיָּה אֲשֶׁר לֹא תֵאָכֵל:

Source Citation

Chullin 42b.

E-Daf.com — Chullin 42b (Tsurras Hadaf)

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
וּבֵין הַחַיָּה וְגוֹ׳. בֵּין הַחַיָּה הַנֶּאֱכֶלֶת וּבֵין הַחַיָּה אֲשֶׁר לֹא תֵאָכֵל, אֵלּוּ שְׁמוֹנָה עָשָׂר טְרֵפוֹת שֶׁנֶּאֶמְרוּ לְמֹשֶׁה בְּסִינַי.

English: “And between the animal that may be eaten and the animal that may not be eaten”: these are the eighteen categories of tereifah that were told to Moshe at Sinai.

Type of Learning

Textual derivation — the Torah’s distinction between the two categories is used to identify the eighteen categories of tereifah.

What Is Learned

The closing distinction includes the traditional tereifah categories.