[Sca-cooks] looking for za'atar

[Terry Decker]

Pure speculation in both cases as I understand it.  The precise plant or
plants which constitute biblical hyssop are undetermined and possibly
undeterminable.

Bear

>One Jewish website said that zaatar was probably the herb in the
>Bible that is translated into English as hyssop, but, well, then, you
>see, it isn't really hyssop, it's zaatar.
>
>Another website speculated that zaatar was the bitter herb originally
>eaten by Jews for Pesach/Passover - but, as i say, that was
>speculation - although with something of a reasonable basis, if
>lacking in actual evidence...
>
>Anahita