Every year, at the height of the long, dry Sicilian summer, Italian farmer Giulio Gelardi goes out to his 500 ash trees in the Madonie region to perform a centuries-old ritual. Gelardi, a resident ...

when Jews across the world commemorate the Biblical Exodus from Egypt that was followed by the Israelites’ 40-year sojourn in the desert, where manna was said to be the primary form of sustenance.

Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may ...

Aunt Margaret’s frugality was legendary. After she passed away, her nieces began the nostalgically bittersweet task of sorting her belongings. In a drawer, neatly arrayed inside a small plastic bag, ...

He has done so through the various signs of bread and wine in the Old Testament, Abram’s interaction with Melchizedek, the Passover, and the manna and quail the Israelites ate in the desert.