Tanach
Vayikra 7:22-27 ויקרא ז׳:כ״ב-כ״ז
Part of: TzavTzav, Aliyah 3Chapter 7
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וַיְדַבֵּר יְהֹוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹֽר׃
And Adonoy spoke to Moshe, saying:
And Adonoy spoke to Moshe, saying:
דַּבֵּר אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לֵאמֹר כׇּל־חֵלֶב שׁוֹר וְכֶשֶׂב וָעֵז לֹא תֹאכֵֽלוּ׃
Speak to Bnei Yisroel, saying: any fat of oxen, sheep or goats you must not eat.
Speak to Bnei Yisroel, saying: any fat of oxen, sheep or goats you must not eat.
וְחֵלֶב נְבֵלָה וְחֵלֶב טְרֵפָה יֵעָשֶׂה לְכׇל־מְלָאכָה וְאָכֹל לֹא תֹאכְלֻֽהוּ׃
The fat of an improperly slaughtered animal and the fat of a fatally wounded animal may be used for any purpose, but you are surely not permitted to eat it.
The fat of an improperly slaughtered animal and the fat of a fatally wounded animal may be used for any purpose, but you are surely not permitted to eat it.
Rashi
ואכל לא תאכלהו. אָמְרָה תּוֹרָה, יָבֹא אִסּוּר נְבֵלָה וּטְרֵפָה וְיָחוּל עַל אִסּוּר חֵלֶב, שֶׁאִם אֲכָלוֹ יִתְחַיֵּב אַף עַל לָאו שֶׁל נְבֵלָה, וְלֹא תֹּאמַר אֵין אִסּוּר חָל עַל אִסּוּר (זבחים ע'):
תאכלוה לא ואכל[AND THE FAT OF CARRION … MAY BE USED IN ANY WORK] BUT YE SHALL IN NO WISE EAT OF IT — By these words it is not intended to forbid the eating of the חלב of a נבלה and טרפה because it is חלב for this has already been forbidden in Leviticus 3:17, but the Torah in effect says here: The prohibition of eating נבלה or טרפה shall come and fall upon (shall form an additional prohibition to) that of חלב — that if one eats it (the חלב of נבלה or of טרפה) he becomes liable to the punishment for transgressing the prohibition of נבלה also, (or of טרפה also), and you should not say: No prohibition can be super-imposed upon another prohibition already existing (Zevachim 70a).
כִּי כׇּל־אֹכֵל חֵלֶב מִן־הַבְּהֵמָה אֲשֶׁר יַקְרִיב מִמֶּנָּה אִשֶּׁה לַיהֹוָה וְנִכְרְתָה הַנֶּפֶשׁ הָאֹכֶלֶת מֵֽעַמֶּֽיהָ׃
For, anyone who eats fat of an animal from which is offered a fire-offering to Adonoy, the soul who ate it shall be cut off from its people.
For, anyone who eats fat of an animal from which is offered a fire-offering to Adonoy, the soul who ate it shall be cut off from its people.
וְכׇל־דָּם לֹא תֹאכְלוּ בְּכֹל מוֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶם לָעוֹף וְלַבְּהֵמָֽה׃
You shall not eat any blood, in all your dwelling places, be it of fowl or of beast.
You shall not eat any blood, in all your dwelling places, be it of fowl or of beast.
Rashi
בכל מושבתיכם. לְפִי שֶׁהִיא חוֹבַת הַגּוּף וְאֵינָהּ חוֹבַת קַרְקַע נוֹהֶגֶת בְּכָל מוֹשָׁבוֹת, וּבְמַסֶּכֶת קִדּוּשִׁין בְּפֶרֶק א' מְפֹרָשׁ לָמָּה הֻצְרַךְ לוֹמַר:
בכל מושבתיכם [YE SHALL EAT NO BLOOD …] IN ALL YOUR HABITATIONS — Since this is a personal duty (חובת הגוף) and not a duty depending upon Palestinian soil it applies wherever Israelites are settled). In Treatise Kiddushin, first chapter, (Kiddushin 37b) it is explained why it is necessary to use this term (i. e. to add בכל משבתיכם).
לעוף ולבהמה. פְּרָט לְדַם דָּגִים וַחֲגָבִים (כריתות כ'):
לעוף ולבהמה Excluded [from this prohibition is] the blood of fish and locusts.
כׇּל־נֶפֶשׁ אֲשֶׁר־תֹּאכַל כׇּל־דָּם וְנִכְרְתָה הַנֶּפֶשׁ הַהִוא מֵֽעַמֶּֽיהָ׃ {פ}
*(אין פרשה בספרי תימן)
Any person who eats any blood, that soul shall be cut off from its people.
Any person who eats any blood, that soul shall be cut off from its people.
יעשה לכל מלאכה. בָּא וְלִמֵּד עַל הַחֵלֶב שֶׁאֵינוֹ מְטַמֵּא טֻמְאַת נְבֵלוֹת:
יעשה לכל מלאכה [AND THE FAT OF CARRION AND THE FAT OF THAT WHICH IS TORN] MAY BE USED IN ANY WORK — Scripture comes and teaches you with regard to חלב (the forbidden fat) of carrion that it does not acquire the “uncleanness of carrion” (טומאת נבלות), i.e. that whilst the flesh is unclean (cf. Leviticus 11:39) the fat (חלב) does not acquire this uncleanness (cf. Sifra, Tzav, Section 10 5; Pesachim 23a, b).