The Seven Species of Israel: A Taste of the Promised Land
Wheat is one of the world’s oldest cultivated grains – and in Israel, it grows across rolling hills and valleys, just as it did in biblical times. It is the grain of sustenance and structure – used in the Temple offerings, baked into matzah at Passover, and braided into challah for Shabbat. It represents abundance, but also the human role in refining the raw gifts of nature. Wheat reminds us: we harvest with our hands, but we nourish with our hearts. Barley matures earlier than wheat and was traditionally seen as the grain of the poor, used in...