One thing our ancestors knew well, which seems to have been hidden with capitalism and patents, is that food is actually medicine. The original word for medical is miracle.
Now what would a bitter lemon with mostly rind have to do with ancient ceremonial religious practice that was so important for it to be cherished as art and survive from that era?
It keeps away scurvy and makes sea travel more possible.
One thing our ancestors knew well, which seems to have been hidden with capitalism and patents, is that food is actually medicine. The original word for medical is miracle.
"It's a medical"
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Now what would a bitter lemon with mostly rind have to do with ancient ceremonial religious practice that was so important for it to be cherished as art and survive from that era?
It keeps away scurvy and makes sea travel more possible.
But that's not the secret of the etrog.