Reeh 14:7 · unit 2

TT #204 · Parashas Reeh · Fourth Aliyah · Passuk 14:7

The Complete Passuk

אַ֣ךְ אֶת־זֶ֞ה לֹ֤א תֹֽאכְלוּ֙ מִמַּֽעֲלֵ֣י הַגֵּרָ֔ה וּמִמַּפְרִיסֵ֥י הַפַּרְסָ֖ה הַשְּׁסוּעָ֑ה אֶֽת־הַ֠גָּמָ֠ל וְאֶת־הָאַרְנֶ֨בֶת וְאֶת־הַשָּׁפָ֜ן כִּֽי־מַעֲלֵ֧ה גֵרָ֣ה הֵ֗מָּה וּפַרְסָה֙ לֹ֣א הִפְרִ֔יסוּ טְמֵאִ֥ים הֵ֖ם לָכֶֽם׃

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

Chabad.org — 14:7

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Bekhoros.

Sefaria — Bekhoros

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
הַשְּׁסוּעָה – תַּנְיָא, לָמָּה נִשְׁנוּ בִּפְרָטֵיהֶם, בִּבְהֵמָה מִפְּנֵי הַשְּׁסוּעָה וּבְעוֹפוֹת מִפְּנֵי הָרָאָה.

English: “The cloven one” — It was taught: Why were they repeated with their details? Among animals because of the shesuah, and among birds because of the ra’ah.

On the daf / in context: The repetition of the lists in Devarim (after Vayikra) is explained by the need to introduce these two additional species.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Bekhoros) — the reason for the repetition of the animal and bird lists.

What Is Learned

The animal list is repeated in order to include the shesuah, and the bird list is repeated in order to include the ra’ah.