בס״ד
Shemini/HaChodesh
This parsha’s well versed in mammalogy,
Ichthyology and herpetology,
All the birds it knows flat,
Like the crowned Duchiphat,
But it’s fuzzy about entomology.
We have flying, swarming things,
And teeming ones, without wings,
Yet they walk on four legs?
This biology begs,
Six or eight has a much truer ring.
Is the Torah so speaking, perchance,
About centipedes, spiders, and ants,
Which have at least four,
Or a hundred or more?
It’s not really clear at first glance.
No, the parsha’s directing our focus,
On that kosher grasshopper or locust,
Which walks with just four,
Then it jumps with two more,
Rashi warns us to take careful notice.
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