Reeh 14:3 · unit 1

TT #194 · Parashas Reeh · Fourth Aliyah · Passuk 14:3

The Complete Passuk

לֹ֥א תֹאכַ֖ל כׇּל־תּוֹעֵבָֽה׃

You shall not eat any abominable thing.

Chabad.org — 14:3

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Chullin.

Sefaria — Chullin

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
לֹא תֹאכַל כׇּל תּוֹעֵבָה – תַּנְיָא, רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר מִשּׁוּם רַבִּי מֵאִיר, מִנַּיִן לְכׇל אִסּוּרִין שֶׁבַּתּוֹרָה שֶׁמִּצְטָרְפִין זֶה עִם זֶה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר לֹא תֹאכַל כׇּל תּוֹעֵבָה, כׇּל שֶׁתִּעַבְתִּי לְךָ הֲרֵי הוּא בְּבַל תֹּאכַל.

English: “You shall not eat any abominable thing” — It was taught: Rabbi Yehudah says in the name of Rabbi Meir: From where do we know that all the prohibitions in the Torah combine with one another? From the verse “you shall not eat any abominable thing” — whatever I have made abominable to you is included in “you shall not eat.”

On the daf / in context: Because every forbidden food is called a “to’evah,” partial amounts from different prohibitions can join to form a full olive’s bulk of liability.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Chullin) — combination of different food prohibitions.

What Is Learned

Partial quantities of different forbidden foods combine with one another to reach the measure that incurs liability.