Reeh 12:15 · unit 6

TT #60 · 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 / Temurah.

Sefaria — Sifrei Devarim

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
כַּצְּבִי וְכָאַיָּל – אָמַר רַבִּי הוֹשַׁעְיָא, הַמַּרְבִּיעַ שׁוֹר פְּסוּלֵי הַמֻּקְדָּשִׁין לוֹקֶה שְׁתַּיִם, וְרַבִּי יִצְחָק אָמַר הַמַּנְהִיג בְּשׁוֹר פְּסוּלֵי הַמֻּקְדָּשִׁין לוֹקֶה, מַאי טַעְמָא, שֶׁהֲרֵי גּוּף אֶחָד הוּא וַעֲשָׂאוֹ הַכָּתוּב כִּשְׁנֵי גוּפִים, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר כַּצְּבִי וְכָאַיָּל.

English: “As of the gazelle and as of the deer” — R’ Hoshaya said: One who mates a bull of disqualified consecrated animals incurs two sets of lashes; and R’ Yitzchak said: One who drives a bull of disqualified consecrated animals incurs lashes. What is the reason? Because it is one body, yet Scripture treated it as two bodies, as it is said “as of the gazelle and as of the deer.”

On the daf / in context: The dual comparison creates a dual identity that generates additional liability under the prohibitions of kilayim and related laws.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Sifrei / Bavli) — dual liability arising from the comparison to two species.

What Is Learned

A redeemed disqualified consecrated animal is treated as possessing a dual status (like both gazelle and deer), generating additional liability for certain prohibited acts.