winepress

In Jewish tradition

Mentioned with the threshing floor as a source of harvest from which to give.

Interpretation. The Torah says to give from the winepress to a freed servant and to celebrate Sukkot after the harvest, so sharing goes with thanks for the crop.

Meaning

A place or machine where grapes are crushed to make wine. tree →

Examples

• Thou shalt keep the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in from thy threshing-floor and from thy winepress. (Torah DEU.16.13, JPS 1917) tree →
• thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy threshing-floor, and out of thy winepress; of that wherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him. (Torah DEU.15.14, JPS 1917) tree →
• They make oil within the rows of these men; they tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst. (Writings JOB.24.11, JPS 1917) tree →
• And he said: 'If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the threshingfloor, or out of the winepress?' (Prophets 2KI.6.27, JPS 1917) tree →
• Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe; come, tread ye, for the winepress is full, the vats overflow; for their wickedness is great. (Prophets JOL.4.13, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.