Leviticus 11:10-16
10 But if it lives in the seas, rivers, or any other body of non-stagnant water, then among all the crawling creatures in the water and among all living creatures that live in the water, you must consider loathsome—and therefore not eat—whatever does not have fins and scales.
11 You must consider them so loathsome that you will not even eat other food with which they were cooked or pickled if their taste is still recognizable in it. If their taste is not recognizable, however, you may eat the other food. You may not eat of their flesh; however, you may eat their bones and fins, if they have any. With regard to creatures that live in stagnant water, you may consume them along with the water they live in, even if they do not possess fins and scales and even if they are still alive. But you must consider their carcasses loathsome—and therefore not eat them—once they leave or are removed from their native water.
12 With regard to fish that shed their fins or scales when they leave the water, you must consider loathsome—and therefore not eat—only any creature that does not have fins and scales when it is in the water. If it has fins and scales while in the water but loses them when it leaves the water, it remains permitted for consumption.
Fowl Permitted and Prohibited for Consumption
13 Among fowl, you must consider the following loathsome and not eat them. And not only must you not eat them yourselves, they must also not be eaten by others—e.g., minors—through your agency, for they are to be considered so loathsome that you will not even feed them to your young children, even though they are technically exempt from keeping the Torah’s laws until they reach majority.
The griffon vulture, the bearded vulture, the osprey (see Figures 6-8),
14 the various other species of vulture (see Figure 9),
15 every type of species of crow (see Figure 10),
16 the ostrich, the cuckoo, the gull, the various species of sparrow hawk (see Figures 11-14),
Figure 6. Griffon Vulture
Figure 7. Bearded Vulture
Figure 8. Osprey
Figure 9. Common Vulture
Figure 10. Crow
Figure 11. Ostrich
Figure 12. Cuckoo
Figure 13. Gull
Figure 14. Sparrow Hawk
