Reeh 12:15 · unit 5

TT #59 · 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 / Bekhorot.

Sefaria — Sifrei Devarim

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
כַּצְּבִי וְכָאַיָּל – הִקִּישׁ פְּסוּלֵי הַמֻּקְדָּשִׁין לִצְבִי וְאַיָּל, מָה צְבִי וְאַיָּל פְּטוּרִין מִבְּכוֹרָה וּמִמַּתָּנוֹת אַף פְּסוּלֵי הַמֻּקְדָּשִׁין כֵּן.

English: “As of the gazelle and as of the deer” — He compared the disqualified consecrated animals to the gazelle and the deer: just as the gazelle and the deer are exempt from the firstborn laws and from the priestly gifts, so too the disqualified consecrated animals.

On the daf / in context: Once redeemed, the former sanctified animal is treated like ordinary wild game with respect to bechorah and matanot kehunah.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Sifrei) — equating redeemed pesulei ha-mukdashin with ordinary game animals.

What Is Learned

Redeemed disqualified consecrated animals are exempt from the laws of the firstborn and from the priestly gifts, like the gazelle and the deer.