Reeh 12:21 · unit 1

TT #80 · Parashas Reeh · Second Aliyah · Passuk 12:21

The Complete Passuk

כִּֽי־יִרְחַ֨ק מִמְּךָ֜ הַמָּק֗וֹם אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִבְחַ֜ר יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֘יךָ֮ לָשׂ֣וּם שְׁמ֣וֹ שָׁם֒ וְזָבַחְתָּ֞ מִבְּקָרְךָ֣ וּמִצֹּֽאנְךָ֗ אֲשֶׁ֨ר נָתַ֤ן יְהֹוָה֙ לְךָ֔ כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר צִוִּיתִ֑ךָ וְאָֽכַלְתָּ֙ בִּשְׁעָרֶ֔יךָ בְּכֹ֖ל אַוַּ֥ת נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃

If the place that Hashem your God will choose to put His Name there is too far from you, then you shall slaughter from your herd and from your flock that Hashem has given you, as I have commanded you, and you shall eat within your gates according to all the desire of your soul.

Chabad.org — 12:21

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sifrei / Kiddushin.

Sefaria — Sifrei Devarim

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
כִּי יִרְחַק וגו׳ – בְּרִחוּק מָקוֹם אַתָּה זוֹבֵחַ וְאוֹכֵל וְאִי אַתָּה זוֹבֵחַ וְאוֹכֵל בְּקֵרוּב מָקוֹם, פְּרָט לְחֻלִּין שֶׁלֹּא יִשָּׁחֲטוּ בָּעֲזָרָה וְאִם נִשְׁחֲטוּ אֲסוּרִין.

English: “If [the place] is too far…” — At a distant place you may slaughter and eat, but you may not slaughter and eat at a nearby place. This excludes ordinary animals from being slaughtered in the azarah; and if they were slaughtered there, they are forbidden.

On the daf / in context: The permission to slaughter ordinary meat is limited to places distant from the Sanctuary; slaughter of chullin inside the azarah is prohibited.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Sifrei) — the prohibition of slaughtering ordinary animals in the azarah.

What Is Learned

Ordinary (chullin) animals may not be slaughtered in the azarah; if they are, the meat is forbidden.