Commentary for Avodah Zarah 73:13
גופא העיד יוסי בן יועזר איש צרידה על אייל קמצא דכן ועל משקה בי מטבחיא דכן ועל דיקרב למיתא מסאב וקרו ליה יוסף שריא מאי אייל קמצא רב פפא אמר שושיבא ורב חייא בר אמי משמיה דעולא אמר סוסביל
Rabbi Yose ben Yoezer, a man of Zereda, testified concerning the ayal-locust, that it is pure; And concerning liquid in the slaughter-house (of the Temple), that it is pure; And that one who touches a corpse is impure. And they called him “Yose the permitter.” To return to the matter from above: What is the ayal-locust? R. Papa said: Shoshiba, and R. Hiyya b. Ammi said in the name of Ulla: Susbil.
Daf Shevui to Avodah Zarah
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Daf Shevui to Avodah Zarah
In this section two amoraim argue over what type of locust the tannaim in the Mishnah were arguing about—a shoshiba or a susbil.
must admit, I’m not an expert on which locusts are edible. Ashkenazim stopped eating them many, many centuries ago. Ostensibly this was because they did not know which were kosher and which were not, but in reality we know why they stopped eating them. No one in Europe ate them. But people in the Middle East did eat them, and Yemenites still eat them. Some of my Ashkenazi friends have tried them. Evidently if you fry them and salt them they taste like meaty potato chips. Sounds good.
must admit, I’m not an expert on which locusts are edible. Ashkenazim stopped eating them many, many centuries ago. Ostensibly this was because they did not know which were kosher and which were not, but in reality we know why they stopped eating them. No one in Europe ate them. But people in the Middle East did eat them, and Yemenites still eat them. Some of my Ashkenazi friends have tried them. Evidently if you fry them and salt them they taste like meaty potato chips. Sounds good.
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