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Rabbi Meir

Meïr, Ba’al Ha-Nes – “Miracle Master”. A 2nd century tanna and student of Akiva.

Read more in the Jewish Encyclopedia and Wikipedia.

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פוֹּל המַצִּ רְִי, "Egyptian bean" in Aramaic. This has been identified as the modern cowpea - Vigna unguiculata - a type of legume…