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Hyssop
Published: 28 May 2025
Last updated: 12 June 2025
Though this modest plant has probably never made it to your Seder table, it has a starring role in the Pesach story.
In this video, from our Plants of the Bible series, Australian-turned-Israeli Elly Waller shares the significance of the hyssop at Neot Kedumim, Israel's Biblical Landscape park.
Marlo L Newton is an enthusiastic historian and Jewish educator. She is Head of Philanthropy at The Alfred Foundation, Melbourne.
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Kate Mannix30 May at 04:31 am
How marvellous! What a wonderful way to explore Jewish thought and wisdom! Bravo, Marlo and Elly 👏🏻