This mosaic inscription quotes a passage from the Talmud, which details plants that can and cannot be grown during the sabbatical year. These plants, including vegetables, fruits, and pulses, were part of the ancient Jewish diet. Found on the floor of a Late Antique synagogue at Rehov, this inscription is now on display at the Israel Museum of Jerusalem. Photo: Davidbena/CC-by-SA-4.0.
” the Talmud, which details plants that can and cannot be grown during the sabbatical year.”
I thought nothing could be grown during the sabbatical year as the land was to “rest” that year.
Isn’t there a scene in “Life of Brian” where you find out what they ate?
“the ancient Jewish diet included locusts”
Yum! Probably had lots of those during the periodic plagues of locusts.
figs?
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In one episode in the first series of "Connections", James Burke explained that bread was called the Staff of Life because everything you ate then was a side dish to bread. It was only when times got better that meat became the main entree.
That episode came to mind every time I saw the WWII videos showing the German soldiers wolfing down huge slabs of black bread.
How many qabs in a cubit?
It didn’t become Roman Palestine until the second century AD.
Roman Palestine. Isn’t that Israel?
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What did they eat? Whatever the Romans let them.
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I thought they ate big drum sticks and drank mead.
This is exactly why I don't cook very much. Does the chili recipe call for a qab of ghost pepper or a mina? Makes a big difference, you know. And just try to find a set of measuring spoons...
