Derasha 1 on Vayikra 3:17

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 4 · Passuk 17 · Unit 1 of 3

The Complete Passuk

חֻקַּ֤ת עוֹלָם֙ לְדֹרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם בְּכֹ֖ל מֽוֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶ֑ם כׇּל־חֵ֥לֶב וְכׇל־דָּ֖ם לֹ֥א תֹאכֵֽלוּ׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Kiddushin 37b.

E-Daf.com — Kiddushin 37b
HebrewBooks / Shas PDF

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Kiddushin 37b
״בְּכֹל מוֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶם״ — מַה תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר? שֶׁיָּכוֹל הוֹאִיל וּבְעִנְיָנָא דְקָרְבָּנוֹת כְּתִיבֵי, בִּזְמַן דְּאִיכָּא קָרְבָּנוֹת נִתְסַר חֵלֶב וְדָם, בִּזְמַן דְּלֵיכָּא קָרְבָּנוֹת לֹא נִתְסַר.

English: “In all your dwellings” — why is this said? One might think: since they are written in the context of offerings, when there are offerings chelev and blood are forbidden, and when there are no offerings they are not forbidden.

In the sugya: The phrase “in all your dwellings” is needed to prevent the conclusion that the prohibition is limited to the Temple era.

Type of Learning

Applicability outside the Temple era — the ban on chelev and blood applies in all places and times, not only when offerings are brought.

What Is Learned

The ban on chelev and blood applies in all places and times, not only when offerings are brought. Because the prohibitions appear in the context of sacrificial law, one might have limited them to periods when the Temple service is active. The Torah’s “in all your dwellings” blocks that limitation and establishes the ban as a permanent, universal statute.