Reeh 14:07 · unit 2

TT #213 · 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.

Sefaria — Sifrei Devarim 101

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
אֶת הַגָּמָל וְאֶת הָאַרְנֶבֶת וְאֶת הַשָּׁפָן — אֵין לִי אֶלָּא אֵלּוּ בִּלְבַד, מִנַּיִן לְרַבּוֹת שְׁאָר בְּהֵמוֹת טְמֵאוֹת? קַל וָחֹמֶר: וּמָה אֵלּוּ שֶׁיֵּשׁ בָּהֶן סִימָנֵי טָהֳרָה אֲסוּרִין בְּלֹא תַעֲשֶׂה, שְׁאָר בְּהֵמוֹת טְמֵאוֹת שֶׁאֵין בָּהֶן סִימָנֵי טָהֳרָה עַל אַחַת כַּמָּה וְכַמָּה.

English: “The camel, the hare and the hyrax” — I have only these alone. Whence do I include the other unclean animals? A fortiori: if these, which possess signs of purity, are forbidden by a negative commandment, then the other unclean animals that possess no signs of purity — how much more so!

On the daf / in context: The three named animals that have a partial sign receive an explicit lav; from them Sifrei derives the prohibition of all fully unclean animals by kal va-chomer.

Type of Learning

Kal va-chomer (Sifrei) — from the partial-sign animals to those with no signs at all.

What Is Learned

All unclean land animals are forbidden by a negative commandment; the named partial-sign cases supply the explicit lav from which the rest follow a fortiori.