Pisqa’ 100222H:146-147; JN1:257. 1. “This is the cattle (behemah) which you shall eat: the ox, the lamb of the sheep, and the lamb of the goats, the ram, the deer, the gazelle, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, the mountain sheep” (Dt.14:4-5). This teaches that wild cattle (khayah) [such as rams] share a common rubric with [domesticated] cattle (behemah).
On what basis do we know that [domesticated] cattle share a common rubric with wild cattle? The Teaching states: “This is the wild cattle which you shall eat among all the cattle which are on the earth” (Lv.11:2). This teaches that wild cattle may be called cattle and [domesticated] cattle may be called wild cattle.223Sifra, shemini, par. 2:8. This teaches [also] that [the species of] unclean cattle out-number [those of] clean cattle. For in all cases, Scripture enumerates the smaller [category before enumerating the larger],224Cf. Pisqa’ 103.4 as it is said: “This is the cattle you shall eat: the ox . . the ram, . . . the antelope” (Dt.14:4-5).
(דברים יד ד-ה) זֹאת הַבְּהֵמָה אֲשֶׁר תֹּאכֵלוּ, שׁוֹר שֵׂה כְשָׂבִים וְשֵׂה עִזִּים; אַיָּל וּצְבִי וְיַחְמוּר, מְלַמֵּד שֶׁחַיָּה בִּכְלַל בְּהֵמָה.
Pisqa’ 100222H:146-147; JN1:257.
1. “This is the cattle (behemah) which you shall eat:
the ox, the lamb of the sheep, and the lamb of the goats,
the ram, the deer, the gazelle, the wild goat, the ibex,
the antelope, the mountain sheep” (Dt.14:4-5).
This teaches that
wild cattle (khayah) [such as rams] share a common rubric
with [domesticated] cattle (behemah).
מִנַּיִן שֶׁאַף בְּהֵמָה בִּכְלַל חַיָּה? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר (ויקרא יא ב): ״זֹאת הַחַיָּה״ וְגוֹ׳. מְלַמֵּד שֶׁחַיָּה קְרוּיָה בְּהֵמָה וּבְהֵמָה קְרוּיָה חַיָּה, וּמְלַמֵּד שֶׁבְּהֵמָה טְמֵאָה מְרֻבָּה מִבְּהֵמָה טְהוֹרָה. בְּכָל מָקוֹם הַכָּתוּב פּוֹרֵט אֶת הַמּוּעָט, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר זֹאת הַבְּהֵמָה אֲשֶׁר תֹּאכֵלוּ וְגוֹ׳ אַיָּל וּצְבִי וְיַחְמוּר וְגוֹ׳.
On what basis do we know that
[domesticated] cattle share a common rubric
with wild cattle?
The Teaching states:
“This is the wild cattle which you shall eat among all the cattle which are on the earth” (Lv.11:2).
This teaches that
wild cattle may be called cattle
and [domesticated] cattle may be called wild cattle.223Sifra, shemini, par. 2:8.
This teaches [also] that
[the species of] unclean cattle out-number [those of] clean cattle.
For in all cases,
Scripture enumerates the smaller
[category before enumerating the larger],224Cf. Pisqa’ 103.4
as it is said:
“This is the cattle you shall eat: the ox . . the ram, . . . the antelope” (Dt.14:4-5).
וּתְאוֹ, רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר: תְּאוֹ זֶה שׁוֹר הַבָּר.
R. Yose says:
this “antelope” is in fact a wild ox.225Cf. T. Kil.1:9.