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The Pomegranate “Rimon” is one of the seven kinds the land of Israel is blessed with, cited in Deuteronomy 8:8 “ A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and POMEGRANATES: a land of olive oil, and honey”. The juicy pomegranate has hundreds of seeds, possibly as many as 613 — the number of "mitzvoth" (commandments) given to the Jewish people in the five first books of the Bible. The pomegranate represents abundance; fertility, prosperity, happiness and good deeds. It is a tradition to eat pomegranates during the Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashannah) for the New Year to be as full and sweet as a pomegranate. After the pomegranate is eaten, we ask that “our merits be as numerous as the pomegranate seeds.”
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gerry logan 20 Oct 2007
gota love those Pomegranate the fruit that takes forever to eat and oh are those seeds abundent I do love these great shotOlga van Dijk 05 Oct 2007
Gosh what an awesome still life shot, Lil!Nelly van Nieuwenhuijzen 05 Sep 2007
wonderful presentation and beautiful photo!thea walstra 05 Sep 2007
A beautiful photograph Lili and an interesting text/explanation tooMargaret Platt 04 Sep 2007
oohh.I love this! Pomegranates are wonderful! Great capture Lili!Jerry 04 Sep 2007
Lovely and refreshing picture!Cindy Luke 04 Sep 2007
Very interesting information thank you for sharing. They are so good to eat. Beautiful imagedaniel morgenstern 03 Sep 2007
Beautiful and menaingful. I love your pomegranates.Brenda Loveless 03 Sep 2007
beautiful, Lili...hope your upcoming New Year is the best ever!Jessica Courtley-Rose 03 Sep 2007
Great capture and color!jamie winter 03 Sep 2007
wonderful shot and yummmyyyyyyy Lili!!!Chris Roukema 03 Sep 2007
Excellent, Lili! Thank You for sharing!Lucia Stewart 03 Sep 2007
Excellent photography Lili!Joke Schotting 03 Sep 2007
Beautiful shot my friend Lili!!!Joanna Jungjohann 03 Sep 2007
yummy Lili!Cathy Savels 03 Sep 2007
Great photo! I've been meaning to paint one of these for some time. Thanks for reminding me.Steven Torrisi 03 Sep 2007
Yum my favorite fruit, please send some my way. I can eat a bunch of those in a sitting but here in the US they're getting expensive and smaller.Sharon Henson 03 Sep 2007
I am in the process of working on a painting of pomegranates for a show that I am going to be in...This shot is great!!!Emily Reed 03 Sep 2007
Outstanding still life!katja cuikova 03 Sep 2007
mmmmm. delicios!!!!