What type of food can Jewish people eat?
First off: spicysocks – you are very knowledgable, but you have a few of your facts wrong. While most insects are considered to be forbidden by Kosher dietary laws, four varieties of locust are nonetheless considered by some to be permissible. Those were Red Locust, White Locust, Spotted Gray and Yellow Locust. Hertz says in his commentary on Leviticus 11:22, “None of the four kinds of locust mentioned is certainly known. For this reason also, later Jewish authorities, realizing that it is impossible to avoid errors being made declare every species of locust to be forbidden.” The Bible states in Parshat Shmini: “Every flying insect that uses four legs for walking shall be avoided by you. The only flying insects with four walking legs that you may eat are those which have knees extending above their feet, [using these longer legs] to hop on the ground. Among these you may only eat members of the red locust family, the yellow locust family, the spotted gray locust family and the white lo
