spice-box

• “In using the phrase "the spice-box of earth" Cohen was using the image of the spice-box from the Jewish Havdalah ceremony, which is performed each Saturday night to mark the end of the Sabbath.”

  The Huffington Post: Rabbi Lawrence Troster: The Spice-Box Of Earth: Remembering Where We Come From

• “When I came upon Cohen's poem some years ago, the image of the spice-box of earth reminded me not only of Havdalah but also the fragrances of the natural world: grass, trees and flowers.”

  The Huffington Post: Rabbi Lawrence Troster: The Spice-Box Of Earth: Remembering Where We Come From

• “The rabbi thrusts his hands into the spice-box of earth, finds the sun and makes it a wedding ring for the Sabbath Queen.”

  The Huffington Post: Rabbi Lawrence Troster: The Spice-Box Of Earth: Remembering Where We Come From

• “And in a very real way the sun is within the spice-box of the earth since all life processes comes from the initial energy of the sun.”

  The Huffington Post: Rabbi Lawrence Troster: The Spice-Box Of Earth: Remembering Where We Come From

• “The spice-box of the earth changes every moment and is constantly filled with a complex diversity of elements.”

  The Huffington Post: Rabbi Lawrence Troster: The Spice-Box Of Earth: Remembering Where We Come From

• “In order to reconnect with Creation it is time to smell and feel once again the spice-box of earth to revive our souls.”

  The Huffington Post: Rabbi Lawrence Troster: The Spice-Box Of Earth: Remembering Where We Come From

• “Another "T" spice-box component is tamalpatra or bayleaves, lending their subtle flavor to so many dishes.”

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• “My drawing, my pencils, my precious copy, gathered into one crushed-up handful, perished from before my sight; I myself appeared to be shaken or emptied out of my chair, as a solitary and withered nutmeg might be emptied out of a spice-box by an excited cook.”

  Villette

• “Remedies need not by any means be disparaged by the busy practitioner, when his customary medicines seem to be out of place, or are beyond speedy reach; it being well known that a sick person is always ready to accept with eagerness plain assistant remedies sensibly advised from the garden, the store-closet, the spice-box, or the field.”

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• “One of the things which most interested Arabella was the arrangement of her own kitchen, with its gas stove and coal-range, its rows of shining copper vessels, its dresser, and its complete outfit, even to a spice-box.”

  Arabella

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