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I’m curious if you found anything in your research regarding diagnostic methods.. pulse diagnosis for example? I have seen mention of Kabbalistic methods but I was curious if it had a wider application.

What a beautiful painting of plantain

and to see such a familiar friend look so much the same over 500 years ago

^^^+1 :-)

wow wow wow wow wow yes

What is everyone’s favourite herb?

I was thinking of chicken soup!

im generally always thinking about chicken soup this winter

^^ 😂

I became a vegan a few years ago and have yet to find a substitute.

After this I am going to the Gefilteria’s matzo ball soup class…which is basically a chicken soup workshop

my grandmother was born in 1897- and never learned to read or write. When she emigrated in 1911. and then arrived to our homestead in the southern allegheny mountains in 1928, she knew the plants here- could forage mushrooms, and tended to her family with the local herbs. the village she came from and this valley are at nearly the same altitude and same latitude...

wow, that’s awesome trella

<3 yeah- she was awesome...sadly she passed when I was three- so I didn't get to learn from her while she was still embodied.

I’m always confused about whether or not Romania is considered to be part of the Pale. Can you clarify?

what's the time frame of the map in color (green/yellow)?

Yivo = “is an organization that preserves, studies, and teaches the cultural history of Jewish life throughout Eastern Europe, Germany, and Russia as well as orthography, lexicography, and other studies related to Yiddish.”

Thanks!

Thanks Liel, I was actually just wondering

thanks Liel~!

Jericho Leaf speaks about Mikkohenet- the ancient tradition of Mourner/Lamenters : https://www.instagram.com/p/CYAvFoANS-L/

The concept of the evil eye with respect to pregnant women, women in childbirth and newly born infants goes back to the Sumarian-goddess Lilith, who, because she wasn't married, was believed to be jealous of women who were married. Traditional remedies across the Mediterranean countries included putting red ribbons or cords around the beds of women in childbirth and on the cradle of infants

The use of mandrake roots is attested in Genesis in relation to supporting fertility. Rachel buys Leah's mandrakes to help Rachel conceive a child.

Can you please type the Yiddish name of Hypericum into the chat?

Were there Jewish alchemists in the Pale?

yessss town quack

Thank you!

Yes! The plants are sovereign! Cannot be claimed!

Terrific. Thank you so much.

Thank you so much for this presentation!

Ya’asher Ko’ach and much gratitude for your work!!

SO grateful for all of y’all’s passionate research and for the contribution of your findings!

Folks can stay later to chat after Sarah’s spiel until 4:15pm EST :-)

Thank you so much Deatra and Adam!! Your book has been life changing!!!

Still working my way through the book. Looking forward to where this work goes from here!

thank you thank you thank you!!! this was beautiful

Thank you soo much for all your research and dedication to uncovering this lost knowledge

thank you that was ammmaaaazing

thank you! this was so fascinating!

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16g1NJ5SriFYeXY73yc7T2h68067ZEWz6?usp=sharing

Are there any books that look at the intersection between cuisine and herbalism?

Are the slides accessible? Somehow having trouble opening them

Are the plants mentioned in your book and research mostly wild-harvested? Can you tell if any plants were cultivated, either in farms or home-gardens?

Would Kishinev be included in that map?

Besides St. John's Wort, what were some of the other commonly used herbs? Many of my grandmother's recipes (from Belarus) used dill. I wonder if those herbs used in cuisine, like dill, also have healing properties (similar to Jo David's question.)

Thank you

How long would these towns have existed before their recording in the maps?

Could you share more about the distinctions between Ashkenazi Jews and their neighbors? Do you have any ideas about the origins of these distinctions?

Also where is the best place to buy your book??

^^dill is the distinct smell of my grandmother’s chicken soup

I’ve had the opportunity to connect with some lovely herbal practitioners through this conference - Im wondering if there is a specific network, training, study that is out there to further connect us and help us learn together. If not, do you know of any in the works?

Love that ? @rachelleibovich yes!

where can we learn about all these herbs that aren't in the book?

As a graduate student in anthropology (ethnography and archaeology), Im also wondering if there are ways to become further involved in Jewish ethnobotany projects!

eibishtee

Did you find any information or evidence of the use and identification of mushrooms?

Wondering if we can get granted access to slides? :)

Did you find any evidence of herbalists using poisonous herbs?

Any clue about wild harvest practices? Any particular prayers or such?

I want to be apart of that!!! Yes please

I'd love that! (herbal network)

Herbal network!

I’m in

Email me! liel@jewishfarmernetwork.org

what is your Instagram?

Esther!!! Such Grace! Such stamina!

@the presenters

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1KJSHwmMe2zUw4B0gqUUkJPTIKZVhVQoonHmDk1Ri_J4/edit?usp=sharing

Yess 🍄

website: ashkenaziherbalism.netInstagram: @ashkenaziherbalism

larkspur!

https://www.jewishfarmernetwork.org/2022liveschedule

Thanks so much! This was very interesting!

thank you so much!! amen v amen

Link to the next sessions: https://www.jewishfarmernetwork.org/2022liveschedule

Thank you so much Deatra and Adam and organizers

Thank you so much!

Thank you again!

Thank you!!

Please share bibliography once again

Thank youuuu

Thank you so much!

thank you so much!