Wormwood and Self-Examination
(Self justification can lead us down the road from chet to zadon, from carelessness to willful defiance, from rosh to la’anah; September 2018)
September 14th, 2018 - Posted in Holidays, Nature in Biblical Metaphor, Yom Kippur | 5 Comments
Jonah and the Castor Bean
(Jonah’s shade plant provides a graphic metaphor for the message of this Biblical book.; August 2015)
August 24th, 2015 - Posted in Nature in Biblical Metaphor, Yom Kippur | 4 Comments
Achashverosh–Bumbling King or Agricultural Pest Insect?
(The king of Persia in the book of Esther, the legend of The Wandering Jew, and entomology; February 2010)
February 24th, 2010 - Posted in Purim | 3 Comments
Botany, Prophecy, and Theology
(Botany determines Jeremiah’s theology; August 2009)
August 17th, 2009 - Posted in Land of Israel, Nature in Biblical Metaphor | 7 Comments
Drug-free sabbath candles
(Hemp and the laws of Shabbat candles; July 2008, revised August 2008)
August 20th, 2008 - Posted in Sabbath | 0 Comments
Pomegranate physics for Passover
(Wood anatomy, heat transfer, and the Paschal lamb; July 2008, revised Aug. 2008 and Aug. 2009)
August 20th, 2008 - Posted in Passover | 2 Comments
Environmentally sound Bible publishing
(Environmental certification of wood and paper; July 2008)
August 20th, 2008 - Posted in Environmental Conservation | 0 Comments
Saying no to bread worship
(Significance of yeast fermentation in pharaonic Egypt and Passover; July 2008)
August 20th, 2008 - Posted in Passover | 2 Comments
Sabbatical potatoes
(Contemporary shmitah observance; March 2008)
August 20th, 2008 - Posted in Land of Israel | 1 Comments
Bananas—For blessing, not for slapstick, even on Purim
(Botanical basis of the blessing said before eating a banana; March 2008)
August 20th, 2008 - Posted in Blessings, Purim | 1 Comments
