Reeh 14:07 · unit 1

TT #212 · Parashas Reeh · Fourth Aliyah · Passuk 14:07

The Complete Passuk

אַ֣ךְ אֶת־זֶ֞ה לֹ֤א תֹֽאכְלוּ֙ מִמַּֽעֲלֵ֣י הַגֵּרָ֔ה וּמִמַּפְרִיסֵ֥י הַפַּרְסָ֖ה הַשְּׁסוּעָ֑ה אֶת־הַ֠גָּמָל וְאֶת־הָאַרְנֶ֨בֶת וְאֶת־הַשָּׁפָ֜ן כִּי־מַֽעֲלֵ֧ה גֵרָ֣ה הֵ֗מָּה וּפַרְסָה֙ לֹ֣א הִפְרִ֔יסוּ טְמֵאִ֥ים הֵ֖ם לָכֶֽם׃

But these you shall not eat of those that chew the cud or of those that have the split hoof, the cloven one: the camel, the hare, and the hyrax, for they chew the cud but do not have split hooves; they are unclean for you.

Chabad.org — 14:07

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sifrei Devarim 101 / Chullin.

Sefaria — Sifrei Devarim 101

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
אַךְ אֶת זֶה לֹא תֹאכְלוּ מִמַּעֲלֵי הַגֵּרָה וּמִמַּפְרִיסֵי הַפַּרְסָה — לִמֵּד עַל אֵלּוּ שֶׁיֵּשׁ בָּהֶם סִימָן אֶחָד שֶׁל טָהֳרָה שֶׁהֵם אֲסוּרִים בְּלֹא תַעֲשֶׂה.

English: “But these you shall not eat of those that chew the cud or of those that have the split hoof” — this teaches concerning those that possess one sign of purity that they are forbidden by a negative commandment.

On the daf / in context: Sifrei notes that the camel, hare and hyrax each have one of the two required signs; the explicit negative commandment is therefore needed, and from them one derives the a fortiori for animals that have neither sign.

Type of Learning

Derash on the explicit negative commandment (Sifrei) — animals with a partial sign are still forbidden by a lav.

What Is Learned

Even an animal that possesses one of the two kashrut signs remains forbidden; the Torah states the lav explicitly for the partial-sign cases.