{"id":60575,"date":"2019-08-04T10:40:53","date_gmt":"2019-08-04T07:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=60575"},"modified":"2023-02-26T18:29:54","modified_gmt":"2023-02-26T16:29:54","slug":"the-benefits-of-olive-oil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/the-benefits-of-olive-oil\/","title":{"rendered":"The Benefits Of Olive Oil"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[916,627],"acf":{"old_id":"60575","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":42746,"related_cahpter":"277","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"It worked for the wise woman of Tekoa...\u00a0\r\n\r\n","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joab son of Zeruya, King David\u2019s nephew and the commander of his army, wants to bring about peace between the King and his son, Absalom after the latter escaped (chapter 13). In order to arrange for Absalom\u2019s peaceful return to Jerusalem, Joab sends a wise woman from Tekoa to tell David a story about herself in a false request: Her son, she says, killed his brother, and now the city\u2019s residents want to kill her other son. She tells David that she doesn\u2019t want to lose her second son too and asks for David\u2019s help. As he agrees with her, he realizes that Joab was involved and indeed asks Joab to bring Absalom back. Joab is deeply touched that the King accepted his advice (14:22).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why did he choose a woman from Tekoa and what makes the people there so wise? The Talmud (Menachot, 85:b) explains that since the residents of Tekoa are accustomed to using olive oil, wisdom is prevalent there. Though unsure if \u201cwisdom\u201d has been proven, olive oil has many uses and benefits: for cooking, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, soaps, fuel and traditional oil lamps, while in ancient times, it was used for some of the sacrifices.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The daily 2<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nd<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> paragraph of the <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shma, Ve\u2019haya Im Shamo\u2019a<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, talks about a perfect annual cycle: \u201cI will grant rain for your Land in its season\u2026 you shall gather in your new grain, wine and oil\u201d\u2026 The new grain refers to wheat, associated with Shavuot; when the wheat harvest is over, it\u2019s time for grape harvest in the fall and wine production, associated with Sukkot, the joyful holiday, and then, the olive oil harvest which begins as soon as grape harvest is over and coincides with Hanukkah (this cycle is also mentioned in the <em>Tosefta, Shvu\u2019ot<\/em> 4:20).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Olive oil has spiritual allegories and is used in metaphors as well. We learn that the Jewish people were likened to an olive tree \u201cto tell you \u201cthat just as the leaves of an olive tree never fall off, neither in the summer nor in the rainy season, so too, the Jewish people will never be nullified\u2026 and to tell you that just as an olive tree brings forth its oil only by means of crushing and breaking, so too, the Jewish people return to doing good only by means of suffering\u201d (Menachot 53:b). In addition, if an olive tree is cut down, it does not die, but regrows again and again.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Image: courtesy of the author<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":60577,"id":60577,"title":"2sam14-olives2","filename":"2sam14-olives2.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/2sam14-olives2.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/the-benefits-of-olive-oil\/2sam14-olives2\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"2sam14-olives2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":60575,"date":"2019-08-04 07:40:12","modified":"2019-08-04 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