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Plants and nature in Bible and Jewish tradition

Tag: olive

How was your olive day? Tales and confusion of the white squill

(Identity and symbolism of ‘chatzav’; August 2007)

Published August 20, 2008
Categorized as Land of Israel Tagged chatzav, land of Israel, olive, rockrose, white squill

May your children be like olive trees

(Metaphor of the olive tree in Psalm 128; March 2007)

Published August 20, 2008
Categorized as Nature in Biblical Metaphor Tagged olive, tree

The olive tree, the post-Chanukah period, and Jewish unity

(Why the menorah became the symbol of Chanukah; January 2007)

Published August 20, 2008
Categorized as Chanukah Tagged Chanukah, olive
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