Reeh 14:06 · unit 4

TT #211 · Parashas Reeh · Fourth Aliyah · Passuk 14:06

The Complete Passuk

וְכָל־בְּהֵמָ֞ה מַפְרֶ֣סֶת פַּרְסָ֗ה וְשֹׁסַ֤עַת שֶׁ֨סַע֙ שְׁתֵּ֣י פְרָס֔וֹת מַעֲלַ֥ת גֵּרָ֖ה בַּבְּהֵמָ֑ה אֹתָ֖הּ תֹּאכֵֽלוּ׃

And every animal that has a split hoof and has a hoof cloven into two hoof sections, [and] chews the cud among the animals — that you may eat.

Chabad.org — 14:06

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Chullin 69a / Sifrei.

Sefaria — Chullin 69a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
בַּבְּהֵמָה — מַשְׁמַע מַה שֶּׁנִּמְצָא בַּבְּהֵמָה אֱכוֹל, מִכָּאן אָמְרוּ שֶׁהַשְּׁלִיל נִתָּר בִּשְׁחִיטַת אִמּוֹ.

English: “Among the animals” — this implies that what is found inside the animal may be eaten; from here they said that the fetus is permitted by the slaughter of its mother.

On the daf / in context: The extra word “ba-behemah” teaches that the fetus (sheliil) inside a slaughtered pure animal is permitted without separate shechitah.

Type of Learning

Derash on the extra word (Chullin / Sifrei) — inclusion of the fetus via “ba-behemah.”

What Is Learned

A viable fetus found inside a properly slaughtered pure animal is permitted for eating by virtue of the mother’s shechitah.