Mitzvah #183 Negative Prohibition (Mitzvah Lo Ta'asseh)
„Do not eat non-kosher flying insects“
Scripture Reference: DEU 14:19 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Re'eh)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
"And all the teeming life with wings are unclean to you; they shall not be eaten.
Hebrew Text (Torah)
יט וְכֹל שֶׁרֶץ הָעוֹף, טָמֵא הוּא לָכֶם: לֹא, יֵאָכֵלוּ.
Greek Text (Septuagint)
19 πάντα τὰ ἑρπετὰ τῶν πετεινῶν ἀκάθαρτα ταῦτά ἐστιν ὑμῖν, οὐ φάγεσθε ἀπ᾿ αὐτῶν.
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Re'eh
Sefer HaChinuch Number #471
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Holiness (Buch 5)
Section: Forbidden Foods
Systematic Category (P119f) Food
