The Torah twice describes the manna as resembling the
gad seed (Ex. 16:31, Num. 11:7), but the meaning of the word
gad is not readily understood. Targum Onkelos leaves the word untranslated in both cases, instead aramaicizing the Hebrew word
gad into the Aramaic
gada. Other commentators suggest identifying the Hebrew word
gad with known plants such as “coriander.” In this essay we will discuss multiple words for “coriander” in Hebrew and other Jewish languages. Afterwards we will cite several alternate commentators who explain
gad as something other than “coriander.”
While Targum Onkelos leaves the word
gad untranslated, Targum Yonatan (to Ex. 16:31 and Num. 11:7) translates it as
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Mystical Mikvah: Old Traditions for New Beginnings
Every community has different traditions surrounding the Mikvah, but I really loved this Syrian Mikvah ceremony because it included everyone.
On the morning of my son Sam’s wedding in Cancun, all the female guests woke up bright and early and dressed in white to accompany Estrella, his beautiful bride to the mikvah.
We drove away from our hotel to a secluded rainforest. This was not a typical mikvah, with fluorescent lighting, white tiles, railed steps to a heated pool and a Mikvah lady holding a terry cloth robe. Our bride was dipping in the Cenotes, the caves of Mexico’s Riviera Maya. Cenotes are natural pits that result from collapsed limestone bedrock that filters the rainwater to form blue swimming pools of crystal clear, fresh water.
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