1)

Seeing as the Torah is discussing a Neveilah, why does it need to insert "ve'Chi Yamus min ha

1.

Nidah, 56a: To teach us that a Neveilah is only Metamei as long as it is still moist


1

See Torah Temimah, note 162.

2)

Why does the Pasuk repeat the word "be'Nivlasah"?

1.

Rashi: To preclude the bones, the sinews, the horns the hoofs and the skin from Tum'as Neveilah.

3)

Why does the Torah insert the word "Min ha'Beheimah"?

1.

Rashbam (citing Chulin, 74a): To preclude a T'reifah animal that one Shechts, from Tum'as Neveilah. 1

2.

Targum Yonasan: To incorporate a limb 2 that separated from a live animal in the Din of Tum'as Neveilah.

3.

Chulin, 128b: To teach us that Eiver 3 min ha'Chai is Metamei. 4


1

As if to say that only some Neveilos are Metamei, but not all of them (Rashbam).

2

"Min" means part of an animal.

3

Chulin (Ibid.): Specifically a limb

4)

Why does the Torah add "Asher hi lachem le'Ochlah"?

1.

Shabbos, 136a: It teaches us that an eighth-month fetus does not become permitted with the Shechitah of its mother. 1

2.

Chulin, 70b: "Min ha'Beheimah" refers to non-Kasher animals and "Asher Hi lachem le'Ochlah", to Kasher ones. The Torah compares them to teach us that, just as the fetus of a Kasher animal is Tahor, 2 so is that of a non-Kasher animal.


1

Torah Temimah: Following the Heter contained in the word "min ha'Beheimah

5)

Why does the Torah write "ha'Beheimah Asher Hi lachem le'Ochlah", and not simply "ha'Beheimah ha'Tehorah"?

1.

Oznayim la'Torah: Because the only eason the animal is 'Tahor' is because it can be eaten by a Yisrael, which is also the reason that it remains Tahor if it is Shechted. 1


1

See Oznayim la'Torah who elaborates.

6)

Why does the Torah insert the (otherwise superfluous) word "asher Hi Lachem le

1.

Chulin, 118a: Refer to 11:35:2:1


1

And the Gemara there, on 125a learns Masa from Maga

7)

Seeing as the Torah is discussing an animal that died, why does it insert the word "ha'Noge'a be'Nivlasah"?

1.

Chulin, 126a: To teach us that, although the bone of a Neveilah is not Metamei be'Maga, a thigh-bone that contains a hole, even the size of a hair-breadth is Metamei, since it is possible to touch the marrow inside.

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