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Mishnah, Menachot, 8.4

nan There are three [periods of gathering in the] olives and each crop gives three kinds of oil. The first crop of olives is when the olives are picked from the top of the tree; they are pounded and put into the basket. Rabbi Judah says: around the basket. This gives the first oil. They are then pressed with the beam Rabbi Judah says: with stones. This gives the second oil. They are then ground and pressed again. This gives the third oil. The first [oil] is fit for the candlestick and the others for menahot. The second crop is when the olives at roof-level are picked from the tree; they are pounded and put into the basket. Rabbi Judah says: around the basket. This gives the first oil. They are then pressed with the beam Rabbi Judah says: with stones. This gives the second oil. They are then ground and pressed again. This gives the third oil. The first [oil] is fit for the candlestick and the others for menahot. The third crop is when the last olives of the tree are packed inside the house until they become overripe; they are then taken up and dried on the roof they are pounded and put into the basket. Rabbi Judah says: around the basket. This gives the first oil. They are then pressed with the beam Rabbi Judah says: with stones. This gives the second oil. They are then ground and pressed again. This gives the third oil. The first [oil] is fit for the candlestick and the others for menahot."

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alexandria	Gardner (2015) 90
babylonia	Gardner (2015) 90
dietary laws	Gardner (2015) 90
legumes,and social status	Gardner (2015) 89
legumes	Gardner (2015) 89
olive oil	Gardner (2015) 89, 90
olives	Gardner (2015) 89
peah'	Gardner (2015) 89
permanent,value-judgment approach	Gardner (2015) 89
rosenblum,jordan	Gardner (2015) 89, 90
sabbath	Gardner (2015) 90
sen,amartya	Gardner (2015) 89