Reeh 15:22 · unit 4

TT #360 · 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 Bekhoros.

Sefaria — Bekhoros

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
כַּצְּבִי וְכָאַיָּל – בֵּית הִלֵּל אוֹמְרִים, בְּכוֹר נִמְנִין עָלָיו אֲפִלּוּ עוֹבֵד כּוֹכָבִים, מַאי טַעְמָא דַּאֲמַר קְרָא כַּצְּבִי וְכָאַיָּל, מַה צְּבִי וְאַיָּל מֻתָּר לְנָכְרִים אַף בְּכוֹר בַּעַל מוּם מֻתָּר לְנָכְרִים.

English: "As the gazelle and as the deer" — Beis Hillel say: One may assign shares in a firstborn even to a non-Jew. What is the reason? Because the verse says "as the gazelle and as the deer"—just as a gazelle and a deer are permitted to non-Jews, so a blemished firstborn is permitted to non-Jews.

On the daf / in context: A blemished firstborn is treated like ordinary chullin meat and may therefore be given to a non-Jew.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Bekhoros) — a blemished firstborn may be given to a non-Jew.

What Is Learned

A blemished firstborn may be shared with or given to a non-Jew, just as ordinary gazelle or deer meat may be.