What are the connotations of "al- Kein Amarti ... "?
Ramban and Seforno: Refer to 17:11:1:3****. 1
As the Torah explains in Devarim 12:23 "Ki ha'Dam hu ha'Nefesh" (Ramban). Refer also to 17:14:2:1. The Seforno adds that the power of life is contained in the vapor of the blood. Refer to 17:14:1:3*.
What is "Kol Nefesh Mikem ... " coming to include?
Rashi: It is a warning to adults not to feed blood to a Katan. 1
Refer to Torah Temimah in Shemini, note 192.
Why does the Torah write "Lo Sochal Dam" and not "Lo Tishteh Dam"?
Yerushalmi Yoma. 8:3: To teach us that Achilah incorporates drinking. 1
See Torah Temimah, note 48.
QUESTIONS ON RASHI
Rashi writes that "Kol Nefesh Mikem" warns adults not to feed blood to a minor. In Yevamos (114b), we say that if a minor is eating Neveilos (or other Isurim), Beis Din need not stop him!
Moshav Zekenim #1: Adults may not feed Isur to a minor, but if he is eating it, they need not stop him.
Moshav Zekenim #2: Only a father is warned about his minor son. The mother and others are not commanded. Once, the keys to the Beis Medrash were lost in a Reshus ha'Rabim on Shabbos; they told children to play there, for if they find the keys, they will bring them.(Yevamos 114b).
