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10-Minute Mitzvah·Episode 153·May 25, 2025

Locusts, Plagues, and Jewish Unity

As a devastating plague that ravaged 19th-century America reminds us, locusts are among the most destructive creatures in nature—yet forms of them are also the only insects that are kosher. What does this curious incongruity reveal?

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