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Produce Farming Sourcing Food: Plants, Animals, and the Jews Who Tend Them: Produce Farming Drisha Winter Zman 5781 Michael Fraade, Assistant Program Director, Drisha Part I: The Agricultural Calendar The Gezer Calendar (ca. 900 BCE, trans. Oded Borowski, Agriculture in Iron Age ​ Israel, 38): ​ Two months of ingathering olives/ Two months of sowing cereals/ Two months of late sowing (legumes and vegetables)/ A month of hoeing weeds/ A month of harvesting barley/ A month of harvesting wheat and measuring grain/ Two months of grape harvesting/ A month of ingathering summer fruit. Talmud Bavli Bava Metzia 106b רשב"ג משום ר"מ אומר וכן היה רבי It was taught: Rabban Shimon ben שמעון בן מנסיא אומר כדבריו חצי תשרי Gamliel in the name of Rabbi Meir, and מרחשון וחצי כסליו זרע חצי כסליו טבת also Rabbi Shimon ben Menasya, would וחצי שבט חורף חצי שבט אדר וחצי ניסן say: the second half of Tishrei, all of קור חצי ניסן אייר וחצי סיון קציר חצי סיון Marcheshvan, and the first half of Kislev תמוז וחצי אב קיץ חצי אב אלול וחצי תשרי are the days of planting. The second half חום רבי יהודה מונה מתשרי ר"ש מונה of Kislev, all of Tevet, and the first half of ממרחשון Shevat are the winter. The second half of Shevat, Adar, and half of Nisan are the period of cold. Half of Nisan, Iyar, and half of Sivan are harvest. Half of Sivan, Tammuz, and half of Av are summer. Half of Av, Elul, and half of Tishrei are the hot season. Rabbi Yehuda counts from the beginning of Tishrei; Rabbi Shimon counts from Marcheshvan. 1 Deuteronomy 8:7-9 ֹ ִכּ֚י ה' ֱאלהיָך ְמִֽביֲאָך֖ ֶאל־ ֶאֶ֣רץ טוָֹב֑ה ֶאֶ֚רץ For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land with streams and ַנֲ֣חֵלי ָמ֔יִם ֲעיָנֹת֙ וּ ְתהֹמֹ֔ת יְֹצִא֥ים ַבִּבְּקָע֖ה springs and fountains issuing from plain וָּבָֽהר׃ ֶאֶ֤רץ ִחָטּה֙ וּ ְשׂעָֹר֔ה וְֶגֶ֥פן וּ ְת ֵאָנ֖ה ֹ and hill; a land of wheat and barley, of וְִרמּ֑וֹן ֶֽאֶרץ־ֵז֥ית ֶשׁ֖ ֶמן וְּדָֽבשׁ׃ ֶאֶ֗רץ ֲא ֶשׁ֨ר ל֤א vines, figs, and pomegranates, a land of ְבִמְסֵכּנֻת֙ ֽתֹּאַכל־ָבּ֣הּ ֶל֔ ֶחם ֽלֹא־ ֶתְחַס֥ר כֹּ֖ל olive trees and honey; a land where you ָבּ֑הּ ֶאֶ֚רץ ֲא ֶשׁ֣ר ֲאָבנֶ֣יָה ַבְרֶז֔ל וּ ֵמֲהָרֶר֖יָה may eat food free of poverty, where you ַתְּחצֹ֥ב ְנֽחֶֹשׁת׃ will lack nothing; a land whose rocks are iron and from whose hills you can mine copper. Part II: Vegetables Talmud Yerushalmi, Kiddushin 4:12 ר' חזקיה רבי כהן בשם רב אסור לדור Rav said: It is forbidden to live in a city in בעיר שאין בה לא רופא ולא מרחץ ולא ב"ד which there is no physician, no bathhouse, and no court…Rabbi Yossi מכין וחובשין. אמר ר' יוסי בי ר' בון אף ben Bun said: It is also forbidden to live in אסור לדור בעיר שאין בה גינוניתא של a town with no vegetable garden. Rav ירק. רבי חזקיה ר' כהן בשם רב עתיד said: In the world to come, each person אדם ליתן דין וחשבון על כל שראת עינו will have to give account for everything ולא אכל. ר' לעזר חשש להדא שמועתא good they saw and did not eat. Rabbi ומצמיח ליה פריטין ואכיל בהון מכל מילה Elazar took account of this teaching and set aside funds to purchase every species חדא בשתא: at least once a year. 2 Numbers 11:5 ָזַכְרנוּ ֶאת־ַהָדָּגה ֲא ֶשׁר־נֹאַכל ְבִּמְצַריִם ִחָנּם We remember the fish that we used to eat ֵאת ַהקּ ֻשִּׁאים וְֵאת ָהֲאַבִטִּחים וְֶאת־ ֶהָחִציר ,free in Egypt, the cucumbers, the melons ִ .the leeks, the onions, and the garlic וְֶאת־ַהְבָּצִלים וְֶאת־ַהשּׁוִּמים׃ I Kings 21:1-3 וַיְִה֗י אַַחר֙ ַהְדָּבִר֣ים ָה ֵאֶ֔לּה ֶכֶּ֧רם ָהיָ֛ה The following events occurred sometime ְלָנב֥וֹת ַהיְִּזְרֵעאִל֖י ֲא ֶשׁ֣ר ְבּיְִזְרֶע֑אל ֵאֶ֚צל ֵהיַכ֣ל afterward: Naboth the Jezreelite owned a vineyard in Jezreel, next to the palace אְַחאָ֔ב ֶמֶ֖לך שְֹׁמֽרוֹן׃ וַיְַדֵבּ֣ר אְַחאָ֣ב ֶאל־ָנב֣וֹת ְ of King Ahab of Samaria. Ahab said to ׀ ֵלאמֹר֩ ׀ ְתָּנה־ִלּ֨י ֶֽאת־ַכְּרְמָך֜ וִֽיִהי־ִל֣י Naboth, “Give me your vineyard, so that ְלַגן־יָָר֗ק ִכּ֣י ה֤וּא ָקרוֹב֙ ֵאֶ֣צל ֵבּי ִת֔י וְֶא ְתָּנ֤ה ,I may have it as a vegetable garden ְלָך֙ ַתְּח ָתּ֔יו ֶכֶּ֖רם ט֣וֹב ִמ ֶמּ֑נּוּ ִא֚ם ט֣וֹב ְבֵּעינֶ֔יָך since it is right next to my palace. I will give you a better vineyard in exchange; ֶא ְתָּנה־ְלָך֥ ֶכ֖ ֶסף ְמִח֥יר ֶֽזה׃ וַיֹּ֥א ֶמר ָנב֖וֹת or, if you prefer, I will pay you its value in ֶאל־אְַחאָ֑ב ָחִל֤יָלה ִלּי֙ ֵֽמה' ִמ ִתּ ִתּ֛י ֶאת־ַנֲחַל֥ת money.” But Naboth replied, “God forbid ֲאבַֹת֖י ָלך׃ ֽ ְ that I should give up what I have inherited from my fathers to you!” 3 Part III: Water Deuteronomy 11:10-17 ִכּ֣י ָהאֶָ֗רץ ֲא ֶשׁ֨ר אַ ָתּ֤ה ָבא־ ָשָׁ֙מּה֙ ְלִר ְשׁ ָתּ֔הּ For the land that you are about to enter לֹ֣א ְכ ֶאֶ֤רץ ִמְצַר֙יִם֙ ִה֔וא ֲא ֶשׁ֥ר יְָצא ֶת֖ם ִמ ָשּׁ֑ם and possess is not like the land of Egypt from which you have come. There the ֲאשׁר ִתְּזַרע ֶאת־ַזְרעך וְִהשׁקי ָת ְבַרְגְלך כַּגן ֶ ֤ ֙ ֽ ֲ ָ֔ ְ ִ֥ ָ֖ ְ ֥ grain you sowed had to be watered by ​ ַהָיָּֽרק ׃ וְָהאֶָ֗רץ ֲא ֶשׁ֨ר אַ ֶתּ֜ם עְֹבִר֥ים ָשָׁ֙מּה֙ ,[”your own labors [lit. “by your foot ְלִר ְשׁ ָתּ֔הּ ֶאֶ֥רץ ָהִר֖ים וְּבָקעֹ֑ת ִל ְמ ַט֥ר ַה ָשּׁ ַמ֖יִם like a vegetable garden; but the land ֹ ִתּ ְשׁ ֶתּה־ ָֽמּיִם׃ ֶאֶ֕רץ ֲא ֶשׁר־ה' ֱאלהיָך דֵֹּר֣שׁ ,you are about to cross into and possess ֹ a land of hills and valleys, soaks up its אָֹת֑הּ ָתּ ִמ֗יד ֵעיֵנ֨י ה' ֱאלהיָך֙ ָבּ֔הּ ֵֽמֵר ִשׁית֙ water from the rains of heaven. It is a ַה ָשָּׁנ֔ה וְַע֖ד אַ ֲחִר֥ית ָשָֽׁנה׃ וְָהיָ֗ה ִאם־ ָשׁמַֹ֤ע land which the Lord your God looks ִתּ ְשְׁמעוּ֙ ֶאל־ִמְצוֺ ַת֔י ֲא ֶשׁ֧ר אָנִֹכ֛י ְמַצוֶּ֥ה ֶא ְתֶכ֖ם ֹ after; God’s eye is always upon it ַהיּ֑וֹם ְלאֲַהָב֞ה ֶאת־ה' ֱאֽל ֵהיֶכם֙ וְּלָעְבד֔וֹ from the year’s beginning to the ְבָּכל־ְלַבְבֶכ֖ם וְּבָכל־ַנְפ ְשֶׁכם׃ וְָנ ַת ִתּ֧י year’s end. If you heed the ֽ ְמַֽטר־אְַרְצֶכ֛ם ְבִּעתּ֖וֹ יוֶֹר֣ה וַּמְלק֑וֹשׁ וְאַָסְפ ָתּ֣ commandments that I enjoin upon you ְדָגנֶָ֔ך וְִֽתירְֹשָׁך֖ וְיְִצָהֶֽרָך׃ וְָנ ַת ִתּ֛י ֵע֥ ֶשׂב ְבּ ָשְׂדָך֖ this day, to love the Lord your God and to serve God with all your hearts and ִלְב ֶהְמ ֶתָּ֑ך וְאַָכְל ָתּ֖ וְ ָשָֽׂבְע ָתּ׃ ִה ָשְּׁמר֣וּ ָלֶכ֔ם ֶפּ֥ן ֽ souls, I will grant rain for your land in יִפתּה ְלַבְבכם וְַסְרתּ ם וַעַבְדתּם ֱאלִֹהים ְ ֶ ֖ ֶ֑ ֶ ֗ ֲ ֶ ֙ ֣ season, the early rain and the late, and ֲא ֵחִר֔ים וְִה ְשׁ ַתֲּחוִי ֶת֖ם ָלֶֽהם׃ וְָחָר֨ה אַף־ה' you shall gather in your new grain and ֹ ָבֶּכ֗ם וְָעַצ֤ר ֶאת־ַה ָשַּׁמ֙יִם֙ וְֽלא־יְִהיֶ֣ה ָמָט֔ר wine and oil. I will provide grass in the וְָהֲ֣אָדָמ֔ה לֹ֥א ִת ֵתּ֖ן ֶאת־יְבוָּל֑הּ וֲַאַבְד ֶתּ֣ם fields for your livestock and you shall eat ְמ ֵהָר֗ה ֵמַעל֙ ָהאֶָ֣רץ ַהטָֹּב֔ה ֲא ֶשׁ֥ר ה' נֵֹת֥ן and be satisfied. Take care that your ָלֶכם׃ hearts not be turned away to serve other ֽ gods and bow to them. For God’s anger will flare up against you, and God will shut up the skies so that there will be no rain and the ground will not yield its produce; and you will soon perish from the good land that God is assigning to you. 4 Rashi on Deuteronomy 11:10 Watered by your own labors: The land והשקית ברגלך. ֶאֶרץ ִמְצַריִם ָהיְָתה of Egypt required one to bring water from ​ ְצִריָכה ְלָהִביא ַמיִם ִמִנּילוּס, ְבַּרְגְלָך, the Nile by foot to irrigate it—you had to וְּלַה ְשׁקוֹ ָתהּ – ָצִריך אַ ָתּה ִלְנדֹּד ִמ ְשָּׁנ ְתך ְ ָ rise from your sleep and to toil…But this וְַלֲעמוֹל...ֲאָבל זוּ למטר השמים תשתה land soaks up its water from the rains ​ מים – אַ ָתּה יָ ֵשׁן ַעל ִמָטּ ְתך וְַהקָּבּ"ה of heaven—you may sleep soundly on ָ ָ ַמ ְשֶׁקה ָנמוְּך וְָגבוֹהּ ָגּלוּי וְ ֶשׁ ֵאינוֹ ָגלוּי your beds, and the Holy Blessed One ְכּ ֶאָחת. waters both low and high districts, both what is exposed and what is not exposed alike. כגן הירק. ֶשׁ ֵאין ַדּי לוֹ ִבְג ָשִׁמים וַּמ ְשׁקין ִ אוֹתוֹ ְבֶּרֶגל וְּבָכ ֵתף. Like a vegetable garden, which does ​ ​ ​ not receive enough from rain alone, and one has to water it with foot and shoulder. Rashbam on Deuteronomy 11:10 כי הארץ אשר אתה בא שמה לרשתה The land of Israel that you are going ​ לא כארץ מצרים...צריכים אתם לשמור to inherit is not like the land of Egypt…It is superior in quality to the ​ מצות ה' אלהיכם, כי הארץ הזאת טובה land of Egypt for the people who מארץ מצרים לשומרי מצותיו, ורעה מכל observe God’s laws, and inferior to all הארצות ללא שומרים. כי הארץ אשר אתה other lands for people who do not בא שמה איננה כארץ מצרים, שאין צריכין observe God’s laws. The land that you למטר ובין טובים ובין חטאים, בטורח are inheriting is not like the land of השקאת שדותיהם יש להם לחם, אבל Egypt, which does not lack for water whether its people are good or bad; due ארץ ישראל, אם אתם שומרים מצות. to the toil of irrigation they have food. But for the land of Israel, it [water] is dependent on whether you observe the mitzvot. 5 Part IV: Conclusion Song of Songs 4:1-2 ִהנְָּ֨ך יָָפ֤ה ַרְעיִָתי֙ ִהנְָּ֣ך יָָפ֔ה ֵעינַ֣יְִך יוֹנִ֔ים ִמַבַּ֖עד Ah, you are fair, my darling, Ah, you are ְלַצ ָמּ ֵתְ֑ך ַשְׂעֵרְך֙ ְכֵּעֶ֣דר ָֽהִעִזּ֔ים ֶשָׁגְּלשׁ֖וּ ֵמ ַה֥ר ִגְּלָֽעד׃ fair! Your eyes are like doves behind ִשׁנַּ֙יְִך֙ ְכֵּעֶ֣דר ַהְקּצוּב֔וֹת ֶשָׁעל֖וּ ִמ ָן־הַר ְחָצ֑ה ֶשֻׁכָּלּם֙ your veil; your hair is like a flock of goats ַמ ְת ִאימ֔וֹת וְ ַשֻׁכָּל֖ה ֵא֥ין ָבֶּֽהם׃ streaming down Mount Gilead.
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