Posts Tagged ‘pomegranates’

You put your hands in
And rip their hearts out
Like a pomegranate
Insides out
– kate bush

Jewish tradition teaches that the pomegranate is a symbol of righteousness. This is because the pomegranate is said to have 613 seeds which corresponds with the 613 commandments of the Torah. That may be true about pomegranates grown in Isreal, but the ones here in the states are a tad diminutive, that is to say, “small”.

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