Timber for the tabernacle… Today
(Midrashic and botanical evidence of the source of the lumber used in building the mishkan; December 2007)
August 20th, 2008 - Posted in Land of Israel | 3 Comments
Ashkelon—Ancient Rome’s source for gourmet produce
(Ancient Israeli scallion and shallot exports; December 2007)
August 20th, 2008 - Posted in Land of Israel | 0 Comments
Charoset for health
(Possible health benefits of cinnamon; August 2007)
August 20th, 2008 - Posted in Passover | 0 Comments
The US Postal Service and a Jerusalem impostor
(The sunflower and the Jerusalem artichoke; August 2007)
August 20th, 2008 - Posted in Land of Israel | 0 Comments
How was your olive day? Tales and confusion of the white squill
(Identity and symbolism of ‘chatzav’; August 2007)
August 20th, 2008 - Posted in Land of Israel | 0 Comments
Rav Kook plants a tree
(On the religious significance of planting trees in Israel; March 2007)
August 20th, 2008 - Posted in Environmental Conservation, Land of Israel | 0 Comments
May your children be like olive trees
(Metaphor of the olive tree in Psalm 128; March 2007)
August 20th, 2008 - Posted in Nature in Biblical Metaphor | 0 Comments
Leket (gleaning)—An ancient commandment revived
(Gleaning and modern agricultural technology; March 2007)
August 20th, 2008 - Posted in Land of Israel | 0 Comments
The olive tree, the post-Chanukah period, and Jewish unity
(Why the menorah became the symbol of Chanukah; January 2007)
August 20th, 2008 - Posted in Chanukah | 0 Comments
Peter Rabbit and Hollywood–the Passover connection
(Use of lettuce as maror; January, 2007)
June 3rd, 2008 - Posted in Passover | 0 Comments
