by Rebbetzin Chana Bracha | Herbal Remedies from the Judean Hills
Herbal Remedies from the Judean Hills מוֹר – Myrrh – Commiphora MyrrhaPrintable Version The Bitter, Detoxifying, Amalek-Eliminating Myrrh Sweet smelling trees play an important role in the Scroll of Esther. In fact, the two main heroes of the Purim story are...
by Rebbetzin Chana Bracha | Herbal Remedies from the Judean Hills
Herbal Remedies from the Judean Hills סִּרְפָּד – Stinging Nettle – Urtica DioicaPrintable Version Benefitting from Burning NettleMy strongest memory of stinging nettle, with its deeply toothed, dark green leaves, is as a child in the Danish forest. While picking wild...
by Rebbetzin Chana Bracha | Herbal Remedies from the Judean Hills
Herbal Remedies from the Judean HillsPlantain – Plantago Lanceolata (Ribwort Plantain) – לחך מצויPrintable VersionAccessible, Edible, Effective, Bug-Bite and Skin HealerEven before the blessed winter rains filled my garden with weeds, plantain has been a perpetual...
by Rebbetzin Chana Bracha | Herbal Remedies from the Judean Hills
Herbal Remedies from the Judean Hills חֶלְמִית, לחם ערבית, חוביזה – Mallow – Malva SylvestrisPrintable VersionNourishing, Mild, Mucilaginous Mallow Mallow is one of the favorites in my daily foraging for greens to fill my green smoothie.It’s quite invasive and spreads...
by Rebbetzin Chana Bracha | Herbal Remedies from the Judean Hills
שבעת המנים של ארץ ישראלThe Seven Fruits of Israel Printable Version Tub B’Shevat – the Time for Celebrating the Fruits of the LandIn honor of Tu b’Shevat I would like to share with you an article that I wrote many years before my award winning The Seven Fruits of...
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Herbal Remedies from the Judean HillsMonths of Shevat/Adar (רודה (פיגם – Rue – Ruta GraveolensPrintable VersionThe Strong, Musty Scented Protective RueLike many other families in Bat Ayin and in other religious neighborhoods in Israel, I have planted a rue at the...
