Is a grasshopper kosher?

One of my co-workers brought a box of chocolate-covered grasshoppers to the office. Many people tried them, but since I. read more

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 considered to be forbidden under the laws of kashrut, the rabbis of the Talmud identified four kosher species of locust. read more

Some species of grasshoppers are kosher, others are not. As a result of hundreds of years in the Diaspora, as a community we lost familiarity with the kosher species, and are no longer confident of our ability to identify them. Therefore (some Yemenite Jews excepted), we no longer eat grasshoppers of any species. read more

You may eat the following: locusts of every variety; all varieties of bald locust; crickets of every variety; and all varieties of grasshopper, but all other winged swarming things that have four legs shall be an abomination for you. read more