Reeh 15:22 · unit 1

TT #357 · Parashas Reeh · Sixth Aliyah · Passuk 15:22

The Complete Passuk

בִּשְׁעָרֶ֕יךָ תֹּאכְלֶ֕נּוּ הַטָּמֵ֤א וְהַטָּהוֹר֙ יַחְדָּ֔ו כַּצְּבִ֖י וְכָאַיָּֽל׃

Within your gates you shall eat it, the unclean and the clean together, as the gazelle and as the deer.

Chabad.org — 15:22

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Yevamos.

Sefaria — Yevamos

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
תֹּאכְלֶנּוּ הַטָּמֵא וְהַטָּהוֹר וגו׳ – תָּנָא דְּבֵי רַבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל, אֲפִלּוּ טָמֵא וְטָהוֹר אוֹכְלִין בִּקְעָרָה אַחַת וְאֵין חוֹשְׁשִׁין.

English: "You shall eat it, the unclean and the clean..." — A teaching of the school of Rabbi Yishmael: Even an unclean person and a clean person may eat from the same dish and need not be concerned.

On the daf / in context: A blemished firstborn may be eaten by both pure and impure persons from a single vessel without fear of cross-contamination for the purposes of this law.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Yevamos) — pure and impure may share a dish of a blemished firstborn.

What Is Learned

A blemished firstborn may be eaten by pure and impure persons together from the same dish.