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>>6989683
I was going to ask about this. Scaled fish also carry parasites so I don't think that this is a good argument. One point that I had read is that for most of the history of the Jews they did not live near any shellfish bearing waters and therefore did not eat shellfish. One way to differentiate Jews with 'outsiders' was those who did or did not eat shellfish and therefore in order to maintain identity, shellfish consumption was prohibited. Seems arbitrary but it's hard to argue with people dead for 4000 years