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Five species of grain

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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
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Other than the traditional translation, some researchers today propose that only the grain species native to the Land of Israel can become
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or other grains. This debate is practically significant because of the candidates for the five species, oats are the only one which is
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This article is about the five grain crops of special significance in Judaism. For the five grain crops important to China, see
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The Yemenite Commentary of Rabbi Nathan, President of the Academy, on the Identification of Flora in the Mishnah
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can only be made from these grains, and conversely only these grains can become
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are also included among the "species of grain", and thus can become
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accepts the five grains as wheat, barley, oats, rye and spelt.
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Only bread made with these grains requires the blessing of
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claimed is synonymous with an archaic Arabic word for oat,
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holds it to be a type of "wild barley," while Rabbi
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Index

Five species
Five Grains
Judaism
Hebrew
romanized
grain
rituals
wheat
barley
oats
rye
spelt
Mishnaic Hebrew
wheat
spelt
emmer wheat
barley
oats
two-rowed barley
ear
Rashi
Maimonides
Nathan ben Abraham
rye
oats
spelt
Nathan ben Abraham I
Judeo-Arabic
Zohar Amar
Secale cereale

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