Directive: Qualifications of Kosher ·Clean· animals, they have both a separate hoof that is completely divided and chews cud / Note: It is a fact, no carnivore, only meat eating, is kosher ·clean· to eat where as a few omnivores, eats meat and plants, are kosher ·clean· for food “Speak to the children of Israel [God prevails], saying, ‘These are the living things which you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth. 3 Whatever parts the hoof, and is cloven-footed, and chews the cud among the animals, that you may eat.
Directive: Qualification: These animals do not chew the cud and / or do not have a split hoof “ ‘Nevertheless these you shall not eat of those that chew the cud, or of those who part the hoof: the camel, because he chews the cud but does not have a parted hoof, he is unclean to you. 5 The cony, because he chews the cud but does not have a parted hoof, he is unclean to you. 6 The hare, because she chews the cud but does not part the hoof, she is unclean to you. 7 The pig, because he has a split hoof, and is cloven-footed, but does not chew the cud, he is unclean to you. 8 Of their meat you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch; they are unclean to you.
Directive: Qualification: kosher fish have both fins and scales “ ‘These you may eat of all that are in the waters: whatever has fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, that you may eat. 10 All that don’t have fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of all the living creatures that are in the waters, they are detestable to you, 11 § Lev 11:11 (Lev 11:10-12, 11:44-45; Deut 14:10) (#3.201): Not to eat treif ·unclean· fish
Directive: Qualification: These animals might live in a river or ocean, but do not have both fins and scales and you detest them. You shall not eat of their meat, and you shall detest their carcasses. 12 Whatever has no fins nor scales in the waters, that is detestable to you.
Directive: Treif ·Unclean· locust are winged swarming creatures that walk on all four legs, with one exception, kosher ·clean· locust are winged with four legs and have joints above the feet that enable them to jump off the ground. Kosher ·Clean· swarming four legged creatures includes: all kinds of locusts, grasshoppers, katydids, and crickets Yet you may eat these: of all winged creeping things that go on all fours, which have legs above their feet, with which to hop on the earth. 22 Even of these you may eat: any kind of locust, any kind of katydid, any kind of cricket, and any kind of grasshopper. 23 But all winged creeping things which have four feet, are detestable to you.
R. Note: According to the Rabbis only certain “worms” are permitted for food. Worms that do not live in an isolated condition, but are found only in other substances. For instance, the maggots in meat, fruit, fish, drinking water, etc. (HuLev 67a, b) You shall not defile yourselves with any kind of creeping thing that moves on the earth. (Maftir ·Conclusion·) 45 For I am Adonai who brought you up out of the land of Egypt [Abode of slavery], to be your God. You shall therefore be holy, for I am holy. † Quoted in 1 Pet 1:16
*11:2 Lev 11:2 (Lev 11:1-3, 11:1-8, 11:44-45; Deut 14:4-6) (#3.198): T. To examine and identify the land animals that are kosher ·clean· for you to eat and their identifying signs / R. To examine the signs of land animals to distinguish between kosher and non-kosher Directive: Qualifications of Kosher ·Clean· animals, they have both a separate hoof that is completely divided and chews cud / Note: It is a fact, no carnivore, only meat eating, is kosher ·clean· to eat where as a few omnivores, eats meat and plants, are kosher ·clean· for food
†11:4 Lev 11:4 (Lev 11:1-3, 11:1-8, 11:44-45; Deut 14:4-6) (#3.199): Not to eat treif ·unclean· land animals Directive: Qualification: These animals do not chew the cud and / or do not have a split hoof
‡11:9 Lev 11:9 (Lev 11:44-45; Deut 14:9) (#3.200): The fish that are kosher ·clean· for you and their identifying signs Directive: Qualification: kosher fish have both fins and scales
§11:11 Lev 11:11 (Lev 11:10-12, 11:44-45; Deut 14:10) (#3.201): Not to eat treif ·unclean· fish Directive: Qualification: These animals might live in a river or ocean, but do not have both fins and scales
*11:13 Lev 11:13 (Lev 11:13-19, 11:44-45; Deut 14:11-18) (#3.202): Not to eat treif ·unclean· fowl of the air
†11:21 Lev 11:21 (Lev 11:20-23, 11:29-31, 11:44-45; Deut 14:19-20) (#3.203): The locust ·winged swarming creatures on four legs· that are kosher ·clean· for you and their identifying signs Directive: Treif ·Unclean· locust are winged swarming creatures that walk on all four legs, with one exception, kosher ·clean· locust are winged with four legs and have joints above the feet that enable them to jump off the ground. Kosher ·Clean· swarming four legged creatures includes: all kinds of locusts, grasshoppers, katydids, and crickets
‡11:29 Lev 11:29 (Lev 11:29-31, 11:29-38, 11:44-45) (#3.204): Eight species of creeping animals that swarm on the ground that are treif ·unclean· to eat
§11:34 Lev 11:34 (Lev 11:32-38, 11:44-45) (#3.205): T. If clean foods or utensils for food preparation are contaminated by something treif ·unclean·, it thus becomes treif ·unclean· also / R. Observe the laws of impurity concerning liquid and solid foods
*11:39 Lev 11:39 (Lev 11:32, 11:39-40, 11:44-45, 11:24-25) (#3.206): T. “If any animal, of which you may eat, dies; he who touches its carcass shall be treif ·unclean· until the evening” (v39) / R. That anyone who touches an animal that died of itself, that is not of slaughter, is treif ·unclean·
†11:41 Lev 11:41 (Lev 11:41-43, 11:44-45) (#3.207): Not to eat any animal that creeps upon the earth
‡11:42 Lev 11:42 (Lev 11:41-43, 11:44-45) (#3.208): T. Not to eat any animal, that moves on its belly on the ground, walks on all fours, walks on many feet, or has many legs / R. Not to eat a worm found in fruit once it has come out into the air
§11:43 Lev 11:43 (Lev 11:41-43, 11:44-45) (#3.209): T. This command is not found in the straightforward text, it is implied / R. Not to eat things that swarm in the water (other than fish)
*11:44 Lev 11:44 (Lev 11:43-45, 11:44-45) (#3.210): T. Not to eat things that swarm upon the ground / R. Not to eat treif ·unclean· maggots R. Note: According to the Rabbis only certain “worms” are permitted for food. Worms that do not live in an isolated condition, but are found only in other substances. For instance, the maggots in meat, fruit, fish, drinking water, etc. (HuLev 67a, b)
†11:45 Quoted in 1 Pet 1:16