Reeh 12:22 · unit 1

TT #90 · Parashas Reeh · Second Aliyah · Passuk 12:22

The Complete Passuk

אַ֗ךְ כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר יֵאָכֵ֤ל אֶֽת־הַצְּבִי֙ וְאֶת־הָ֣אַיָּ֔ל כֵּ֖ן תֹּאכְלֶ֑נּוּ הַטָּמֵא֙ וְהַטָּה֔וֹר יַחְדָּ֖ו יֹאכְלֶֽנּוּ׃

Only as the gazelle and the deer are eaten, so you may eat it; the unclean and the clean may eat it together.

Chabad.org — 12:22

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sifrei / Chullin.

Sefaria — Sifrei Devarim

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
אֶת הַצְּבִי וְאֶת הָאַיָּל – וְכִי מָה לָמַדְנוּ מִצְּבִי וְאַיָּל, אֶלָּא הֲרֵי זֶה בָּא לְלַמֵּד וְנִמְצָא לָמֵד, מַקִּישׁ צְבִי וְאַיָּל לִבְהֵמָה, מָה בְּהֵמָה טְעוּנָה שְׁחִיטָה אַף צְבִי וְאַיָּל טְעוּנִין שְׁחִיטָה.

English: “The gazelle and the deer” — And what did we learn from the gazelle and the deer? Rather, this comes to teach and is itself learned: he compares the gazelle and the deer to a domestic animal. Just as a domestic animal requires shechitah, so the gazelle and the deer require shechitah.

On the daf / in context: The comparison works in both directions: ordinary meat is treated like game in some respects, and game animals are treated like domestic animals in requiring proper shechitah.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Sifrei) — the requirement of shechitah for wild kosher animals.

What Is Learned

Gazelle and deer (and by extension other kosher wild animals) require shechitah, just as domestic animals do.