Derasha 2 on Acharei Mos 17:15

Parashas Acharei Mos · Passuk 17:15

The Complete Passuk

וְכׇל־נֶ֗פֶשׁ אֲשֶׁ֨ר תֹּאכַ֤ל נְבֵלָה֙ וּטְרֵפָ֔ה בָּאֶזְרָ֖ח וּבַגֵּ֑ר וְכִבֶּ֨ס בְּגָדָ֜יו וְרָחַ֥ץ בַּמַּ֛יִם וְטָמֵ֥א עַד־הָעֶ֖רֶב וְטָהֵֽר׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temima points to Toras Kohanim.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Toras Kohanim
וכל נפש — בבית נפש היא מטמאה ואינה מטמאה תוך הפה.

English: Tumah occurs in the “house of the soul” (the throat/swallowing), not while the food is still inside the mouth.

Type of Learning

Locus of tumah (beit ha-nefesh)

What Is Learned

Garment impurity from eating neveilah begins only upon swallowing, not from food held in the mouth.