Sunday, 21 August 2016

mesorah tradition - Are songbirds Kosher?


In Leviticus and Deuteronomy, there are sections that give a seemingly comprehensive list of non-Kosher birds. They are mainly birds of prey, not songbirds or birds like that.


I know that there is no messora for New World birds like turkeys, and yet they are kosher, perhaps because they are similar to chickens. So may songbirds be eaten even though there doesn't seem to be a messora permitting them? Maybe they are just so small that they were ignored by messora but there's no prohibition eating them. What about penguins or puffins for that matter, are they duck-like enough?




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