"ve'Zeh lachem ha'Tamei". What is the significance of the word
Menachos, 29a: Moshe had difficulty in grasping the Simanei Tum'ah of the Sheratzim, so Hakadosh-Baruch-Hu showed him with His Finger. 1
Me'ilah, 17a: The extra letter
What do we learn from the (otherwise superfluous) word "ba'Sheretz ha'Shoretz al ha'Aretz"?
Chulin, 126b: In incorporates a mouse that is half flesh and half earth in the Din of Tim'ah. 1
See Torah Temimah, note 82.
What are the implications of "al ha'Aretz"?
Chulin, 126b: It implies that a sea-mouse is Tahor. 1
Chulin (Ibid.): However, if a land mouse goes down to the sea it remains Tamei
What if a land-mouse goes down to the sea?
Chulin, 126b:
See Torah Temimah, note 81.
What are thee "Choled, Achbar and Tzav"?
Rashi: 'A weasel, a mouse and a toad' 1 , respecively.
'The Living Torah' translates "Tzav" as a 'ferret'.
What is "ha'Tzav le'Miyneihu" coming to include?
Chulin, 63a: It includes a wild ass, a 'ben ha'Nefilim' (a kind of Tzav) and a salamnder (a species of lizard that is created from fire). 1
See Torah Temimah, note 83.
What are the implications of the word "ve'Zeh lachem ha'Tamei"?
Da'as Zekenim: To teach us that they are permitted to Nochrim. 1
Perhaps this permits Hana'ah from Sheratzim. Refer to 11:4:151:2. 2 (PF).
Targum Yonasan: It comes to preclude the blood, the skin 3 and the flesh of Sheratzim from the prohibition.
Da'as Zekenim: This can be compared to a doctor who visited two patients. One of them had no cure, so the doctor put no restrictions on him. The other had a cure, so the doctor restricted his diet.
Perhaps according to R. Avahu, we would have thought that it is forbidden, if Sheratzim are included in "Lo Sochlu mi'Ma'alei ha'Gerah