Reeh 14:11 · unit 1

TT #217 · Parashas Reeh · Fourth Aliyah · Passuk 14:11

The Complete Passuk

כָּל־צִפּ֥וֹר טְהֹרָ֖ה תֹּאכֵֽלוּ׃

You may eat every clean bird.

Chabad.org — 14:11

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sifrei Devarim / Kiddushin 57a.

Sefaria — Kiddushin 57a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
כָּל צִפּוֹר טְהֹרָה תֹּאכֵלוּ — לְהַתִּיר מְשֻׁלַּחַת שֶׁבַּמְּצֹרָע.

English: “You may eat every clean bird” — this comes to permit the bird that is set free in the purification rite of a metzora.

On the daf / in context: The seemingly superfluous “every” includes the live bird that is released over the field in the metzora ritual (Vayikra 14:7); that bird remains permitted for ordinary consumption.

Type of Learning

Derash on the inclusive language (Sifrei / Kiddushin) — “every” expands the permission.

What Is Learned

The bird released in the metzora purification remains a clean bird that may be eaten; the verse’s inclusive wording covers it.