Commentaire sur Téroumot 10:9
חֲגָבִים טְמֵאִים שֶׁנִּכְבְּשׁוּ עִם חֲגָבִים טְהוֹרִים, לֹא פָסְלוּ אֶת צִירָם. הֵעִיד רַבִּי צָדוֹק עַל צִיר חֲגָבִים טְמֵאִים, שֶׁהוּא טָהוֹר:
Criquets impurs qui ont été marinés avec des criquets purs, ils n'ont pas interdit leur saumure. Le rabbin Tzadok a témoigné au sujet de la saumure de criquets impurs, qu'elle est pure.
Bartenura on Mishnah Terumot
לא פסלו את צירן – that they were lenient with the brine of impure locusts that it does not prohibit, because they lack blood and it not anything other than mere moistness.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Terumot
Introduction Leviticus 11:22 states that some locusts can be eaten, but according to the rabbis there are other types of locusts that may not be eaten. In the time of the Mishnah they knew how to tell the difference between the kosher and the non-kosher locusts, but most Jews today do not eat locusts. Perhaps this is cultural bias, but I don’t really feel like I’m missing out.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Terumot
שהוא טהור – needless to say that it does not prohibit the mixture, but it itself is ritually pure. And the But the Halakha is according to the testimony of Rabbi Tzadok.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Terumot
If unclean locusts were pickled together with clean ones, they do not make the brine forbidden. The locusts will not pick up the taste of the other locusts that they are pickled with. Therefore, the clean ones remain permitted. Furthermore, the brine itself is permitted because it does not pick up the taste of the unclean locusts.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Terumot
Rabbi Zadok testified that the brine of unclean locusts is clean. According to Rabbi Zadok even the brine is permitted.
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