Taste of Life
Nissim Krispil
1996
The Olive: History, Folklore, Medical Uses
Scholars say the cultivated olive originated in Asia Minor and the Mediterranean lands, including the Land of Israel.
In the Bible, the olive is first mentioned in the story of the Flood, when the dove that Noah sent forth from the Ark returned with an olive leaf in its beak: “And the dove came in to him…
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