Related%20passage for Eruvin 55:2

אלא אמר רבינא עופות איכא בינייהו למאן דאמר פרי מפרי וגידולי קרקע הני נמי גידולי קרקע נינהו למאן דאמר ולד ולדות הארץ הני עופות מן הרקק נבראו

if an ant, on five counts;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It (i) creepeth upon the earth (Lev. XI 41) , (ii) hath many feet (ibid. 42) , (iii) is a creeping thing (ibid. 44) and (iv and v) was twice forbidden as food (ibid. 43) .');">⁵</span> if a hornet, on six<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In addition to the above (v. previous note) there is the prohibition against 'all winged swarming things' (Deut. XIV, 19) .');">⁶</span> counts.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Mak. 16b, Pes. 24a.');">⁷</span> Now if that statement is authentic<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'there is', that, according to Abaye, fish and so also all water creatures derive their nourishment from the earth.');">⁸</span>

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