Derasha 2 on Vayikra 3:17

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 4 · Passuk 17 · Unit 2 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 Kerisos 4b.

E-Daf.com — Kerisos 4b
HebrewBooks / Shas PDF

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Kerisos 4b
תַּנְיָא: ״כׇּל חֵלֶב וְכׇל דָּם לֹא תֹאכֵלוּ״ — מַקִּישׁ דָּם לְחֵלֶב: מַה חֵלֶב מְיֻחָד שֶׁחֶלְבּוֹ חָלוּק מִבְּשָׂרוֹ וְאֵין מִצְטָרְפִין…

English: It was taught: “All fat and all blood you shall not eat” — blood is compared to fat: just as fat is distinctive in that its fat is separate from its flesh and they do not combine…

In the sugya: The juxtaposition of chelev and blood supports a hekesh that transfers formal features from one prohibition to the other.

Type of Learning

Hekesh of blood to chelev — blood and chelev share liability structure; they do not combine with ordinary meat for the shiur.

What Is Learned

Blood and chelev share liability structure; they do not combine with ordinary meat for the shiur. The hekesh established by the joint prohibition teaches that blood, like chelev, is treated as a distinct substance whose minimum quantity for liability is calculated independently of ordinary flesh. The result is a parallel formal structure for the two prohibitions.