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Pesachim 44: From כותח הבבלי and Murri to Kamach

jyungar January 4, 2021

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For bread, there was a whole range of condiments or dips called kemach. In modern Arabic, this word is sometimes used for vinegar pickles, but the main ninth-century condiment, al-kaamakh al-ahmar, was made by mixing fermented barley —the same material that murri was made of—with milk and salt.

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