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.
English: “From your herd and from your flock” — The Sages taught: One might have thought that a person may buy meat from the market and eat it. Therefore the verse states “and you shall slaughter from your herd and from your flock.”
On the daf / in context: The language encourages (or, according to some readings, requires) that the meat one eats come from one’s own animals rather than from the marketplace, reflecting the ideal of moderate, self-produced consumption.
Type of Learning
Derash on the verse (Sifrei) — the preference for meat from one’s own animals.
What Is Learned
The verse teaches that one should slaughter from one’s own herd and flock rather than routinely purchasing meat from the market.