Reeh 12:15 · unit 1

TT #55 · Parashas Reeh · First Aliyah · Passuk 12:15

The Complete Passuk

רַק֩ בְּכָל־אַוַּ֨ת נַפְשְׁךָ֜ תִּזְבַּ֣ח וְאָכַלְתָּ֣ בָשָׂ֗ר כְּבִרְכַּ֨ת יְהֹוָ֧ה אֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָֽתַן־לְךָ֖ בְּכָל־שְׁעָרֶ֑יךָ הַטָּמֵ֤א וְהַטָּהוֹר֙ יֹאכְלֶ֔נּוּ כַּצְּבִ֖י וְכָאַיָּֽל׃

However, in all the desire of your soul you may slaughter and eat meat according to the blessing of Hashem your God that He has given you in all your gates; the unclean and the clean may eat it, as of the gazelle and as of the deer.

Chabad.org — 12:15

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sifrei.

Sefaria — Sifrei Devarim

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
רַק בְּכָל אַוַּת וגו׳ – בַּמֶּה הַכָּתוּב מְדַבֵּר, אִם בִּבְשַׂר תַּאֲוָה הֲרֵי כְּבָר אָמוּר, וְאִם בַּאֲכִילַת קָדָשִׁים הֲרֵי כְּבָר אָמוּר, הָא אֵינוֹ מְדַבֵּר אֶלָּא בִּפְסוּלֵי הַמֻּקְדָּשִׁין שֶׁיִּפָּדוּ.

English: “However, in all the desire…” — Of what is the verse speaking? If of ordinary meat of desire, that has already been stated; if of the eating of sacrificial meat, that has already been stated. Therefore it must be speaking only of animals that were consecrated and then became disqualified, which are to be redeemed.

On the daf / in context: The verse is identified as the source for the laws of redeeming pesulei ha-mukdashin (disqualified consecrated animals).

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Sifrei) — identifying the subject as pesulei ha-mukdashin.

What Is Learned

The verse addresses the redemption and subsequent ordinary use of animals that were consecrated and later became disqualified.