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{{data|25 August 2022}}
[[File:Cymes.jpg|thumb|Tzimmes, a traditional Jewish dessert made of carrots (and possibly other root vegetables) and raisins (and other dried fruits), sweetened with honey or sugar and seasoned with cinnamon. In modern Polish the word ''"cymes"'' is still used to mean anything that's exceptionally good, even if few modern Poles have actually sampled actual tzimmes.<br>{{small|The picture comes from [https://toriavey.com/toris-kitchen/recipes/stovetop-tzimmes/ Tori Avey's] cooking blog.}}]]
This is the second part of my attempt at explaining Jewish dietary law. In [[Of This Ye Shall Not Eat for It Is an Abomination|my previous post]] I focused on the restrictions kosher rules place on animal-based products. Today, we'll take a closer look at plants, as well as some holiday fare.<ref>The title of this post is a paraphrase of the Biblical passage, "Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart"; {{Cyt
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It's clear from these excerpts that idolaters offer wine in sacrifice to their idols. And this means you can never be sure that wine purchased from idolaters hadn't been used in some pagan rituals. By partaking of such wine a Jew would indirectly participate in worshipping an alien god, which is strictly forbidden in Judaism. In modern timetimes, there are different opinions whether all non-Jews are necessarily idolaters; some rabbis considered members of other monotheistic religions, that is, Christians and (especially) Muslims, to be excluded from that category.
[[File:Abendmahl, Mathilde Block.jpg|thumb|left|Jesus of Nazareth, a famous Jewish preacher from the 1st century {{small|CE}}, saying a blessing over wine.<br>{{small|By Mathilde Block (1906)}}]]
