page_title: Kosher locust
hierarchical_section_title: Kosher locust
caption_attribution_description: English: Adult Red Locust (Nomadacris septemfasciata) on wild sorghum in the Wembere Plains in Central Tanzania in February 2003.
context_page_description: Kosher locusts are varieties of locust deemed permissible for consumption under the laws of kashrut. While the consumption of most insects is forbidden under the laws of kashrut, the rabbis of the Talmud identified eight kosher species of locust. However, the identity of those species is in dispute.
context_section_description: Kosher locusts are varieties of locust deemed permissible for consumption under the laws of kashrut (Jewish dietary law). While the consumption of most insects is forbidden under the laws of kashrut, the rabbis of the Talmud identified eight kosher species of locust. However, the identity of those species is in dispute.
caption: A red locust.
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