Midrash for Chullin 120:50
ופליגא דרב דאמר רב
A further interpretation: They were named Avvim because whosoever looked at them was seized with trembling ['awwith].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' , convulsions.');"><sup>20</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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