## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 100

###### Sifrei Devarim 100:1
[Sifrei Devarim 100:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/100:1)

(דברים יד ד-ה) **זֹאת הַבְּהֵמָה אֲשֶׁר תֹּאכֵלוּ, שׁוֹר שֵׂה כְשָׂבִים וְשֵׂה עִזִּים; אַיָּל וּצְבִי וְיַחְמוּר**, מְלַמֵּד שֶׁחַיָּה בִּכְלַל בְּהֵמָה.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**Pisqa’ 100**²²²
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*).**

footnotes:
²²² H:146-147; JN1:257.


###### Sifrei Devarim 100:2
[Sifrei Devarim 100:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/100:2)

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׳.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**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***.²²³ 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],**²²⁴ 103.4
as it is said:
“This is the cattle you *shall eat*: the ox . . the ram, . . . the *antelope*” (Dt. 14:4-5).

footnotes:
²²³ Sifra, shemini,
²²⁴ Cf. Pisqa’


###### Sifrei Devarim 100:3
[Sifrei Devarim 100:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/100:3)

**וּתְאוֹ**, רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר: תְּאוֹ זֶה שׁוֹר הַבָּר.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**R. Yose says:**
**this “antelope” is in fact a wild ox.**²²⁵

footnotes:
²²⁵ Cf. T. Kil.1:9.