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amother
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Post Mon, Nov 21 2016, 10:06 pm
This might seem really random but I'm trying to put together a lesson and wondering if there's a possible tie-in here...

Is there anything special about the last oil that's squeezed out of an olive?

I am pretty sure it's the first squeeze that's considered the best or most valuable oil but I'm wondering if there is anything to say about the last drop.

Thank you!
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5mom




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Nov 21 2016, 10:29 pm
Nope, it's Maxwell House coffee that's good to the last drop!
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Iymnok




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Nov 22 2016, 12:33 am
The first drop from each olive was collected as the purest oil for the menorah on the beis hamikdash.
He last bit that's squeezed out is the lowest quality. It is often mixed with other oils today,
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zaq




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Nov 22 2016, 10:07 am
This is a stretch but you could say that the last drop of oil, poor quality and mixed with bits of crushed fruit as it is, still qualifies as that finest of products, olive oil. So, too, a Ben or Bat Yisrael, be s/he ever so ignorant or lacking in maasim tovim, is still valued as a Ben or Bat Yisrael.

eta: maybe not such a stretch after all.
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