Reeh 12:24 · unit 1

TT #98 · Parashas Reeh · Second Aliyah · Passuk 12:24

The Complete Passuk

לֹ֖א תֹּאכְלֶ֑נּוּ עַל־הָאָ֥רֶץ תִּשְׁפְּכֶ֖נּוּ כַּמָּֽיִם׃

You shall not eat it; you shall pour it out on the earth like water.

Chabad.org — 12:24

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sifrei / Keritot.

Sefaria — Sifrei Devarim

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
לֹא תֹאכְלֶנּוּ – וּלְהַלָּן הוּא אוֹמֵר (פָּסוּק כ״ה) לֹא תֹאכְלֶנּוּ, חַד לְרַבּוֹת דַּם הַתַּמְצִית וְחַד לְרַבּוֹת דַּם הָאֵבָרִים.

English: “You shall not eat it” — And further on it says (verse 25) “you shall not eat it.” One [instance] comes to include the residual blood (dam ha-tamtsit) and one comes to include the blood of the limbs.

On the daf / in context: The repeated prohibition expands the scope of the blood ban beyond the primary life-blood to include residual blood and blood contained in the limbs.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Sifrei) — expanding the prohibition of blood.

What Is Learned

The repeated “you shall not eat it” includes both residual blood and the blood of the limbs in the prohibition.