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WISDOM AND SOUND ADVICE FROM THE TORAH

by fire and eat it prepared without yeast beside the altar, for
it is most holy." (Leviticus, 10:12)

Along with his fellowship offering of thanksgiving he is to
present an offering with cakes of bread made with yeast.
(Leviticus, 7:13)

Grapes and grape molasses:

Narrated from Ibn Omar: They asked, "What is grape
essence?" "Drink," he (the Prophet Muhammad [may God
bless him and grant him peace]) said. "That is what they

call the essence: They boil the must, two out of three parts
disappear, and one part remains." 49
Ibn Zayd relates: "The blessed Prophet (may God bless him

and grant him peace) loved grapes and melon among
fruits." 50

If you follow My decrees and are careful
to obey My commands, I will send you
rain in its season, and the ground will
yield its crops and the trees of the
field their fruit. Your threshing will
continue until grape harvest and
the grape harvest will continue
until planting, and you will

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