What are the implications of "Lo Sochal Kol To'eivah"?
Rashi and Targum Yonasan: It implies that whatever Hashem declared an abomination - such as a B'chor the ear of which the owner nicked in order to Shecht and eat outside Yerushalayim - the Torah prohibits Shechting and eating, 1 and meat and milk that are cooked together, the Torah prohibits eating (and from deriving benfit - as implied by "Lo Sochl" - Chulin, 114b, citing R. Avahu).
Ramban and Seforno: It applies to all the Tamei species of animals 2 (which are abhorrent 3 to the soul which is pure - Ramban). 4
Avodah Zarah, 66a: It implies that whatever the Torah forbade to eat is considered like one La'av and that consequently, all forbidden species combine with each other to make up the required Shi'ur. 5
Oznayim la'Torah: Bearing in mind that the majority of animals are forbidden, 6 the Torah presents the Din regarding the majority of animals, before it lists the ten Kasher ones; By the same token, in Pasuk 11, it writes "Kol Tzipor Tehorah Tocheilu" regarding the majority of Tahor birds, before listing the twenty-four Tamei ones. 7
See Torah Temimah, note 11.
Seforno: Which Hashem did not declare Asur when He permitted No'ach and his sons to eat meat. It is not however, befitting for Yisrael, who are an Am Kadosh, to eat what is an abomination.
Ramban: 'Ti'uv' means something that is hated and disgusting, as in Divrei Hayamim 1, 21:6 and in Tehilim, 107:18.
See Oznayim la'Torah.
Having taught us the difference between the Tahor and Tamei species of animals in Shemini, why does the Torah repeat it here?
Rashi (on Pasuk 7): The animals are repeated because of the Shesu'ah (in Pasuk 6) and the birds because of the Ra'ah (in Pasuk 13) which it did not list in Shemini. 1
And the Torah sometimes repeats an entire Parshah provided it adds something that it did not mention previously.
Why does the Torah not include the Sheratzim (vermin) in the current Parshah?
Why does the Torah not include an animal that is a T'reifah in the current Parshah?
Ramban: Refer to 14:3:3:1. And a T'reifah animal is forbidden (not because it is abominable, but) because of the poison in its body or the sickness that it has contracted, both of which are potentially fatal to humans.
Seeing as "Kol To'evah" forbids eating anything that Hashem forbade to do, on what grounds are we permitted to eat castrated animals?