February 2001 Shevat 5761 Vol. 4 Edition 2
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LIFECYCLE Birth Archive THE ARTS Samuel Bak Archive MUSIC Voice of the Turtle Archive BOOKSHELF Synagogues without Jews Archive DAY-BY-DAY Ethical lesson PERSONALITIES Samuel ha-Nagid Archive WEEKLY TORAH PORTION FREE GREETING CARDS |
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| That the spices may flow out..... Edition 13: Perfumes and spices The Editor  Balsam
and bosem: the perfumes of Ein Gedi: The best and the most expensive
spice/perfume of ancient timesThe lowly hyssop: mother of the za’tar spice: Humble in appearance, modest in its demands Nogah Hareuveni Entering the aromatic garden of love: Levonah and Lebanon: the beloved’s body as landscape Robert Alter Enhancing the food in Talmudic times: Spices and benedictions of appreciation Spice towers and salvation: A deeper look at the Havdalah ceremony Shubert Spero For the candle and the spices: A Yemenite (16th-cent.) poem for the Havdalah ceremony (plus a RealAudio recording!) Sa’adiah  From
King Solomon to the Mendes family: A short summary of the Jewish spice
tradeThe aromatic spices used by Sephardi Jews: Cooking with turmeric, cumin, cardamom, saffron, ginger, cloves Claudia Roden & Joan Nathan A Pinch of Snuff (1906): A short story by the greatest of Yiddish writers I.L. Peretz The spice of Jewish life and culture: Hebrew rootword lesson: T-V-L Dr. Joseph Lowin |
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