Chullin 64 and 65: The Take One Summer Barbecue: Buggin’ Out

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Chullin 64 and 65: The Take One Summer Barbecue: Buggin’ Out

Tablet Magazine

July 3, 2026 · 12:12

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On today’s pages, Chullin 64–65⁠, the rabbis tackle one of the Torah’s most surprising menu items: kosher insects. Recorded around a barbecue table in upstate New York, this special summer series with Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin and producer Josh Kross explores how Jewish food traditions are formed, why planning what we eat matters, and what kashrut teaches us beyond simply what’s permitted. What makes a cuisine authentically Jewish? Listen and find out.