Title No. (Song 06:11)
Contents The walnut tree appears as ‘egoz’ in Song of Songs 6:11 and ‘Batnim’ in Genesis 43:11, which is translated as ‘bija’ here. Jacob selected only the best fruits from Palestine and sent them to the prime minister of Egypt, including walnuts. This fruit warms the body and brightens the skin.
In Korea, on the morning of the first full moon of the Lunar New Year, it is said that ‘Eat bureum’ is eaten by breaking chestnuts, walnuts, and pine nuts. The most frequently used object at this time is the hodo. This ritual is not only in Korea, but also in China and Japan, and it is probably the wisdom of our ancestors to prevent skin diseases in advance by supplying abundant nutrients protected to the hard shell.
It is effective if you burn hard walnut shells and apply them to blisters on the palms or soles of your feet caused by overworking. In oriental medicine, it is used as a medicine to detoxify constipation, cough, and poison caused by iron sticks.
heavenly paradise
The walnut forest met you (Song 6:11-12). “I went down to the walnut grove to see the fresh green of the valley and to see if the vines were in bloom or the pomegranates were in full bloom, and then, like a prince, I suddenly got on the sick leave of my people.” In the Song of Songs, Shulammi, the female protagonist, is hiding her body somewhere with the love and expectation of the male protagonist Solomon, and is afflicted with Solomon.
At last Shulammi appeared in the walnut grove. One warm spring day, the Shulammies went down to the walnut grove to see whether the vines and pomegranates were in full bloom to see the fresh greenery of the budding valley. it had to climb up.
According to Josephs, the Galilee region has a favorable climate for walnuts to grow. Isaac Ben Samuel Lampronti (1679-1756), a learned Italian rabbi and physician, said in the Talmud Encyclopedia that the walnut tree was the tree that represented Eve's nakedness and was the tree of the knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden. He also said that walnuts before the crime had no skin, roses had no thorns, and snakes were not poisonous.
Jews throw walnuts at newlyweds. When pregnant, she fed walnuts, and eats walnuts, honey, and honey cookies during Purim Festival, Sukgot, and circumcision. Jews eat walnuts on New Year's Day, a habit related to cheating.
Protected on all sides and surrounded by a shell, the walnut is interpreted to symbolize an invisible paradise to the eyes of prophets and angels. The kernel is ‘sekina’, or the bride of heaven, like a covered garden, from which the king descended.
truth in the shell
Shulammi, the beloved bride of the Song of Songs, symbolizes the saints. The lovely Sulammi went down to the grove of vines bearing fresh fruit and the grove of walnuts in full bloom with fragrant pomegranate flowers. And in the walnut grove covered with wide leaves, I was able to ride proudly on the king's chariot.
Walnuts have very tasty kernels, but they have to go through a difficult process before they can taste the kernels. This is because the lacquer sometimes rises if the bitter leaves and bitter shells are mishandled. It is also surrounded by a hard shell. However, after going through the bitter process, you can taste the sweet and delicious kernel of truth.
All the truths of heaven are obtained only by peeling off this bitter and hard shell. Those who only like easy and sweet things will surely taste bitter, but if they peel off the bitter and hard skin, they will taste the essence of the word. There is a saying that patience is bitter, but the fruit is sweet!