Pisqa’ 98216H:146; JN1:255. 1. “And every animal that parts the hoof, which is split into two (shosa`at shes`a) and ruminates its cud” (Dt.14:6). Unless it possesses all three of these signs, it is not permitted as food.
Abba Hanan, in the name of R. Eliezer, says: [the animal known as] the split one (shasu`ah) is a kind of wild cattle.2. [“Any clean bird you may eat” (Dt.14:11)].
3. [“The buzzard, the falcon, and the kite” (Dt.14:13)] — the kite (dayah)—it is a falcon (ayah). And, in fact, they are all a kind of kite. Isi b. Judah says: there are 100 types of fowl in the East, and all of them are a kind of falcon.
[One verse states] “The buzzard (ra’ah), the falcon (‘ayah), and the kite” (dayah), and any kind of raven (`oreiv)” (Dt.14:13). [yet another verse states:] “The falcon, the kite (da’ah), the buzzard . . . and any kind of raven” (Lv.11:14)— why is this [list of unclean animals (Lv.11:1-47)] restated in the Repetition of the Torah (Dt. 14:3-21)? [Regarding] the cattle, because of the split one (shasu`ah), and [regarding] the fowl—because of the kite, [which is known as dayah (Dt.14:13) and da’ah (Lv.11:14)]218Pisqa’98.1-2 appears out of place in relation to the flow of the scriptural text, while 98.3-4 is poorly attested in the textual tradition of Sifre. See Ish-Shalom, ad loc., n. 1, F:159, n.4, and his critical apparatus, ls. 4-11.
(דברים יד ו) וְכָל בְּהֵמָה מַפְרֶסֶת פַּרְסָה וְשֹׁסַעַת שֶׁסַע שְׁתֵּי פְרָסוֹת וּמַעֲלַת גֵּרָה, עַד שֶׁיְּהוּ בָהּ שְׁלֹשָׁה סִימָנִים הַלָּלוּ אֵינָהּ מֻתֶּרֶת בַּאֲכִילָה.
Pisqa’ 98216H:146; JN1:255.
1. “And every animal that parts the hoof,
which is split into two (shosa`at shes`a) and ruminates its cud” (Dt.14:6).
Unless it possesses all three of these signs,
it is not permitted as food.
אַבָּה חָנָן מִשּׁוּם רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר: הַשְּׁסוּעָה – מִין חַיָּה.
Abba Hanan, in the name of R. Eliezer, says:
[the animal known as] the split one (shasu`ah)
is a kind of wild cattle.2. [“Any clean bird you may eat” (Dt.14:11)].
אָמַר רַבִּי יֹאשִׁיָּה: כָּל מָקוֹם שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דברים יד יא) ״צִפּוֹר״ – בַּטְּהוֹרָה הַכָּתוּב מְדַבֵּר.
Said R. Yoshaiah:
Any place [in Scripture] that specifies bird—
the verse is identifying a clean one
[that may be eaten].
אָמַר רַבִּי יִצְחָק: עוֹף טָהוֹר נִקְרָא ׳עוֹף׳ וְנִקְרָא ׳צִפּוֹר׳, וְהַטָּמֵא – אֵין נִקְרָא אֶלָּא ׳עוֹף׳ בִּלְבַד.
Said R. Isaac:
clean fowl is called fowl and it is called bird.
But an unclean one
is never called anything but fowl. 217Sifra, shemini, per.5:3.
(דברים יד יג) ״וְהָרָאָה״ זוֹ דַּיָּה, וְכֻלָּן מִין דַּיָּה. אִיסִי בֶן יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר: יֵשׁ לוֹ מֵאָה מִינֵי עוֹפוֹת בַּמִּזְרָח, וְכֻלָּן מִין אַיָּה.
3. [“The buzzard, the falcon, and the kite” (Dt.14:13)] —
the kite (dayah)—it is a falcon (ayah).
And, in fact, they are all a kind of kite.
Isi b. Judah says:
there are 100 types of fowl in the East,
and all of them are a kind of falcon.
אַיָּה, ״דַּיָּה״, ״וְהָרָאָה״, ״וְהַדָּאָה״ – לָמָּה נִשְׁנוּ בְּמִשְׁנֵה תּוֹרָה? בַּבְּהֵמָה מִפְּנֵי הַשְּׁסוּעָה, וּבָעוֹף מִפְּנֵי הַדַּיָּה.
[One verse states]
“The buzzard (ra’ah), the falcon (‘ayah), and the kite” (dayah),
and any kind of raven (`oreiv)” (Dt.14:13).
[yet another verse states:]
“The falcon, the kite (da’ah), the buzzard . . . and any kind of raven” (Lv.11:14)—
why is this [list of unclean animals (Lv.11:1-47)]
restated in the Repetition of the Torah (Dt. 14:3-21)?
[Regarding] the cattle, because of the split one (shasu`ah),
and [regarding] the fowl—because of the kite,
[which is known as dayah (Dt.14:13) and da’ah (Lv.11:14)]218Pisqa’98.1-2 appears out of place in relation to the flow of the scriptural text, while 98.3-4 is poorly attested in the textual tradition of Sifre. See Ish-Shalom, ad loc., n. 1, F:159, n.4, and his critical apparatus, ls. 4-11.