Halachot and Customs
Why is shrimp not kosher according to the Torah?
Question
Hello, honored rabbi.
I would like to know why shrimp is not kosher according to the Torah, when it is written that if something has scales and fins it is kosher, and shrimp has both of them... and yet there is the fish karas, which is kosher but without scales...
Thank you in advance.
Answer
Hello and blessings
Shrimp is not a fish but a crawling creature. The karas has some scales.
With blessings,
Binyamin Shmueli
