mgree – Torah Flora

Drug-free sabbath candles

(Hemp and the laws of Shabbat candles; July 2008, revised August 2008)

(Wood anatomy, heat transfer, and the Paschal lamb; July 2008, revised Aug. 2008 and Aug. 2009)

(Environmental certification of wood and paper; July 2008)

(Significance of yeast fermentation in pharaonic Egypt and Passover; July 2008)

(Contemporary shmitah observance; March 2008)

(Botanical basis of the blessing said before eating a banana; March 2008)

(Mushrooms in halacha, kabbalah, social criticism, and biology; March 2008)

(Elephants and the marula fruit; March 2008)

(Midrashic and botanical evidence of the source of the lumber used in building the mishkan; December 2007; last revised September 2024)

(Ancient Israeli scallion and shallot exports; December 2007)