Jerusalem – Agriculture Ministry workers armed with pesticides went into action at first light Wednesday morning, distributing both aerial and ground sprays in the area where millions of locusts descended upon southern Israel from Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula the day before.
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The ministry said that it would also continue to monitor the situation in Egypt.
With Passover only a few weeks away, the eighth of the 10 plagues struck Israel on Tuesday after already overtaking much of Egypt.
Around mid-afternoon, the Agriculture Ministry reported that a large swarm containing millions of locusts had arrived in Kadesh Barnea. Ministry workers immediately embarked on an observational aircraft mission to map the location of the band of bugs, after which they sprayed the entire area from the air, the office said.
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eeyew! fried locust! Is it something like Supersnacks or Bisli?
Did I miss the frogs??
Eating locusts??
Suddenly Fear Factor does not seem as far fetched as it used to!
-Dave
Yum can’t wait to taste some of it. I am so excited that I can eat some of these bugs. Are there any other types of insects that are kosher? I always felt bad that crap etc wasn’t kosher.
Locust plague? Maybe they should call up our friends at the LDS (the Mormons) and ask if they’ve got any spare seagulls…
– part of Mormon history involves an onslaught of (so called) “Mormon Crickets” which were chomping away at the crops of the new community near Salt Lake City back in 1848.
– the plants were saved when a huge flock of seagulls flew over from the “Great Salt Lake” and ate up the insects.
Just because a certain genus of locust was declared to be kosher it does not necessarily follow that we are compelled to eat them.
I hate derma; does that mean I am religiously obliged to stuff my own kishke with that of another of G-d’s creatures?
Oh. Those fried grasshoppers, oh what a delight, i hope we cud start seeing them in kosher supermarkets soon. Can u imagine how the advertizment will look. “hot chilly fried lotcus for vegetarians, bhasguches badatz, & kusher lepasech” just pop in lunch bag & go….
Will the makas chosech fallow ?
#10 …fish flesh is meat but it is not fleishig.i do not believe locust are fleishig.
even fowl is only ”fleishig”m’drabonon.
l’mai nafke mina?for simchas yom tov one needs real bosor!!
p.s. but your are right a vegetarian would not eat them[unless there is no vegetation left because they devoured all.]
It is a great chesed that Hashem was matir chagavim because otherwise people would starve when a plague comes – however on the other hand, the Ohr HaChaim HaKadosh zya taught that plagues would not come if people did not eat the locusts and suggested people should be mekadesh bmutar lach and not eat them
The last time Hakodosh Boruch Hu sent the makoh of arbeh, only the Egyptians were plagued by the makoh, and the Yiddin were spared. This time the makoh is hitting the Yiddin, too. I think we need to get the message and take it seriously.
dip them in chocolate and you can buy them in Boro Park
After al the pesticides being sprayed on them, I’d suggest people should be very wary about eating those bugs.
I think it is high in protein and low in fat a perfect food if you can stomach it
wow there goes my diet…lol
Meat is only what is basar vchalav.
Iow, cows, goats and sheep.