Midrash for Chullin 120:46
אמר ר' יונתן
There is also a Baraitha in support of this, viz. , The Avvim originally came from Teman, and were named Avvim because they laid waste ['iwwethu]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' There is here a play upon the words , Avvim, and or, as in some texts, , which means they destroyed or laid waste. uut');"><sup>18</sup></span>
Sifrei Devarim
(Devarim 14:9) "This may you eat … (12) and this you may not eat, etc.": R. Akiva said: Was Moses a hunter or an archer (that he knew the signs of all the animals in creation)! Let this serve as a riposte to those who say there is no Torah from Heaven!
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