Reeh 14:6 · unit 3

TT #201 · Parashas Reeh · Fourth Aliyah · Passuk 14:6

The Complete Passuk

וְכׇל־בְּהֵמָ֞ה מַפְרֶ֣סֶת פַּרְסָ֗ה וְשֹׁסַ֤עַת שֶׁ֙סַע֙ שְׁתֵּ֣י פְרָס֔וֹת מַעֲלַ֥ת גֵּרָ֖ה בַּבְּהֵמָ֑ה אֹתָ֖הּ תֹּאכֵֽלוּ׃

And every animal that has a split hoof and has the hoof cloven into two hooves, chewing the cud, among the animals—it you may eat.

Chabad.org — 14:6

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Chullin.

Sefaria — Chullin

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
מַפְרֶסֶת פַּרְסָה – אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן, הַשּׁוֹחֵט אֶת הַבְּהֵמָה וּמָצָא בָּהּ דְּמוּת יוֹנָה אֲסוּרָה בַּאֲכִילָה, וְתָנָא דְּבֵי רַבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל, מַפְרֶסֶת פַּרְסָה בַּבְּהֵמָה אוֹתָהּ תֹּאכֵלוּ – פַּרְסָה בַּבְּהֵמָה תֹּאכֵלוּ.

English: “That has a split hoof” — Rabbi Yochanan said: One who slaughters an animal and finds inside it the form of a dove — it is forbidden for eating. And a teaching of the school of Rabbi Yishmael: “that has a split hoof among the animals—it you may eat” — a hoof among the animals you may eat.

On the daf / in context: Even the likeness of a clean bird found inside a slaughtered animal is forbidden; only a true animal fetus with hooves is covered by the permission.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Chullin) — a bird-like form found inside an animal is forbidden.

What Is Learned

A fetus that has the form of a bird, even a clean bird, found inside a slaughtered animal is forbidden for eating.