Jewish Science: How Many Eyes Does A Grasshopper Have?

but one of the examples they gave which we can learn from is that they said that we were like grasshoppers in their own in our own eyes and so we were in their eyes meaning that we were a small as grasshoppers are to us but in their eyes that's how big they were now Rashi over there he uh gives some details about the grasshopper unique details about the grasshopper now I don't know if uh you've seen a grasshopper lately but even if you have you're not you know not not everyone is necessarily quick to pick up these types of things I certainly am not but uh last time I saw grasshopper I usually you know I seen from a couple of feet away but that's pretty much as close as we get we're not really good friends I'm not good friends with any uh any of these uh Little Creatures but some people are some people pick them up play with them all types of things and there are certain uh uh uh species of a grasshopper the Locust that a kosher the yemenites uh eat and the Moroccans eat to this day says that there were certain type of locusts that were kosher that actually expanded the mind of the person to absorb literally endless amount of tala if he ate it the right way and he would have to eat the other way meaning he would have to eat one side of it to open up his mind and then to once he's done he has to eat the other side in order to close up his mind or else it it's not going to turn out so good so these grasshoppers have to have a history Russia says these grasshoppers there's a species of them that have five eyes five eyes and they are blinded in the morning because they don't have eyelids and they're blinded each morning because of the Dew how many eyes does a grasshopper have well you can't miss the two large eyes on each side of its head they're called compound eyes because they're made up of many small lenses etymologists believe the compound eyes detect movement that can focus sharply only on nearby objects but the grasshopper and many other insects in addition to the compound eyes have three other simpler eyes that are sensitive to light and dark how the insect uses them is a mystery how many eyes does a grasshopper have in all five now this is spectacular knowledge for anyone who doesn't realize it yet Rashi lived 900 years ago before the telescope the microscope and any of this knowledge was available to the average person because if you picked up a grasshopper there is no way that your naked eye can tell that this grasshopper has five eyes because most people think it has two eyes the two big ones but the truth is it has five eyes in fact even if you go on Google and say grasshopper how many eyes does he have you may actually see that it says three eyes but if you type in grasshopper with five eyes you'll actually see results as well it all depends on how they what they Define and how they Define the eyes and the species of the grasshopper the point being is that this was knowledge that Rashi had as part of our masoit from Mount Sinai not knowledge that Rashi had from being a scientist and looking through some type of uh you know a uh equipment here we see that our sages had knowledge beyond their times [Music] [Applause] let me know what you think and make sure to share it because other people need to learn to