Midrash su Levitico 11:22
אֶת־אֵ֤לֶּה מֵהֶם֙ תֹּאכֵ֔לוּ אֶת־הָֽאַרְבֶּ֣ה לְמִינ֔וֹ וְאֶת־הַסָּלְעָ֖ם לְמִינֵ֑הוּ וְאֶת־הַחַרְגֹּ֣ל לְמִינֵ֔הוּ וְאֶת־הֶחָגָ֖ב לְמִינֵֽהוּ׃
anche questi possono mangiare: la locusta dopo la sua specie e la locusta calva dopo la sua specie, e il cricket dopo la sua specie e la cavalletta dopo la sua specie.
Sifra
7) (Vayikra 11:20): "All creeping things that fly, which walk on four are detestable to you." I might think that all are forbidden. It is, therefore, written (Vayikra 11:21): "Only this may you eat of all creeping things that fly, which walk on four, etc." I might think that all are permitted; it is, therefore, written (Vayikra 11:22): ("These of them you may eat:) the arbeh [the locust] (after its kind), and the salam [the bald locust] (after its kind), and the chargol [the cricket] (after its kind), and the chagav [the grasshopper] (after its kind.") This tells me only of these alone. Whence do I include others? From (the repetition) of "lemineihu." How so? I derive it from what is mentioned, viz.:
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