Olive Trees, Olives, and Olive Oil

Oil oozing out of the olives in the press. The Hebrew word for olive press is "gath shemen"

A few days ago we picked olives from the trees here at ther Jerusalem Center and used ancient olive crushers and presses to turn them into olive oil. We learned all about the processes and the symbolism. Now that's something you don't get to do anywhere else in the world!