Английская Википедия:Five species of grain
Шаблон:Short description In Judaism, the five species of grain (Шаблон:Lang-he) refer to five varieties of grain which have special status for a number of rituals. These species are commonly considered to be wheat, barley, oats, rye and spelt. However, some of these identifications are disputed.
Identity
The five species, with their Mishnaic Hebrew names, are as follows:[1]
- Шаблон:Lang (Шаблон:Lang Шаблон:Lang) – wheat
- Шаблон:Lang (Шаблон:Lang Шаблон:Lang) – spelt, but modernly taken to refer to emmer wheat
- Шаблон:Lang (Шаблон:Lang Шаблон:Lang) – barley
- Шаблон:Lang (Шаблон:Lang Шаблон:Lang) – oats or two-rowed barley.[2] The name literally means "fox ear". Rashi holds this to be oats, and Maimonides holds it to be a type of "wild barley," while Rabbi Nathan ben Abraham called it by its Arabic name Шаблон:Lang (Fox's spike).[3][4]
- Шаблон:Lang (Шаблон:Lang Шаблон:Lang) – rye, oats, or spelt. Its Arabic cognate, Шаблон:Lang (Шаблон:Lang) refers to oats. Rabbi Nathan ben Abraham I translated Шаблон:Lang into Judeo-Arabic as Шаблон:Lang (Шаблон:Lang),[5] which Zohar Amar claimed is synonymous with an archaic Arabic word for oat, Шаблон:Lang (Шаблон:Lang). Rashi translated Шаблон:Lang as Шаблон:Lang (Шаблон:Lang),[6] indicating rye (Secale cereale), which is not endemic to Israel, but was grown nearby.[3] According to Dr Yehudah Felix, Шаблон:Lang is spelt.[7]
The Talmud groups them into two varieties of wheat (Шаблон:Lang, Шаблон:Lang) and three varieties of barley (Шаблон:Lang, Шаблон:Lang, Шаблон:Lang).[8]
Since European medieval times, Ashkenazi Orthodox Jewry accepts the five grains as wheat, barley, oats, rye and spelt.[9]
Other than the traditional translation, some researchers today propose that only the grain species native to the Land of Israel can become chametz. This would rule out not only oats, but also rye (Secale) which grows in colder, wetter climates. They offer other translations to the 5 grains.[4][10][11]
Laws
A number of laws apply only to these five grains:
- Only bread made with these grains requires the blessing of hamotzi before eating, and birkat hamazon after eating.[12]
- Only bread made from these grains is obligated in challah.[13][14]
- Matzah can only be made from these grains, and conversely only these grains can become chametz and seor (sourdough).[15]
- The prohibitions of eating and harvesting chadash only apply to these grains.[14]
Oat matza
As mentioned above, oats are generally accepted in Ashkenazi Jewish tradition as one of the five species, but modern research suggests that what has been traditionally translated as "oats" is in fact a wild species of barley or other grains. This debate is practically significant because of the candidates for the five species, oats are the only one which is gluten-free. Although there have been no changes to normative Jewish law to reflect the debate,[7] some rabbis take a stringent view and discourage the use of oat matzo to fulfill the biblical obligation of eating matzo at the Passover Seder.[2]
Additional species
According to Rabbi Johanan ben Nuri, rice and millet are also included among the "species of grain", and thus can become chametz and matza and are obligated in challah.[8] This opinion was not accepted as halacha.[16]
See also
References
- ↑ Mishnah Challah 1:1–2; Pesachim 2:5; Menachot 10:7
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 Oat Matzah
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 Zohar Amar and El'ad Kapah, The Yemenite Commentary of Rabbi Nathan, President of the Academy, on the Identification of Flora in the Mishnah, pub. in: Mittuv Yosef – Yosef Tobi Jubilee Volume, The Jews of Yemen: History and Culture (vol. 2), Haifa 2011, p. 13 (note 24)
- ↑ 4,0 4,1 How To Prepare For Passover / Pesach
- ↑ Commentary of Rabbi Nathan to Mishnah Menahot 10:7
- ↑ Rashi, commentary to Babylonian Talmud, Pesahim 35a
- ↑ 7,0 7,1 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 8,0 8,1 Pesachim 35a
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Brachot 37a
- ↑ Mishnah Challah 1:1-2
- ↑ 14,0 14,1 Mishnah Menachot 10:7
- ↑ Mishnah Pesachim 2:5; Talmud Pesachim 35a
- ↑ Pesachim 114b