(Devarim 14;6) "And every beast that has split hooves, entirely cloven in two, and which chews the cud in beast, it shall you eat": Unless it has these three signs, it may not be eaten.

Abba Channan says in the name of R. Eliezer: The shesuah is a beast in itself; it has two backs and two spines.

R. Yashiah said: Wherever "tzippor" is written, a clean bird is intended.

R. Yitzchak said: A clean bird is called either "of" or "tzippor"; an unclean bird is called only "of."

3. [“The buzzard, the falcon, and the kite” (Dt.14:13)] — the kite (dayah)—it is a falcon (ayah). And, in fact, they are all a kind of kite. Isi b. Judah says: there are 100 types of fowl in the East, and all of them are a kind of falcon.

[One verse states] “The buzzard (ra’ah), the falcon (‘ayah), and the kite” (dayah), and any kind of raven (oreiv*)” (Dt.14:13). [yet another verse states:] “The falcon, the *kite* (*da’ah*), the buzzard . . . and any kind of raven” (Lv.11:14)— why is this [list of unclean animals (Lv.11:1-47)] restated in the Repetition of the Torah (Dt. 14:3-21)? [Regarding] the cattle, because of the *split one* (*shasuah), and [regarding] the fowl—because of the kite, [which is known as dayah (Dt.14:13) and da’ah (Lv.11:14)]²¹⁸98.1-2 appears out of place in relation to the flow of the scriptural text, while 98.3-4 is poorly attested in the textual tradition of Sifre. See Ish-Shalom, ad loc., n. 1, F:159, n.4, and his critical apparatus, ls. 4-11.

footnotes: ²¹⁸ Pisqa’