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====Talmud and Kabbalah==== The pomegranate is said to have 613 seeds representing the [[613 commandments]] of the [[Torah]],<ref name="Seeram-2006">{{Cite book |last=Seeram |first=Navindra P. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3ofMBQAAQBAJ&dq=pomegranate+torah&pg=PP8 |title=Pomegranates: Ancient Roots to Modern Medicine |publisher=CRC Press |year=2006 |isbn=9781420009866}}</ref> but it is a misconception. There is no clear source for this claim, although it is used as a metaphor in the [[Talmud]] for numerous good deeds.<ref>{{cite web |title= What's the Truth about... Pomegranate Seeds? |website= Ou.org |date=5 June 2008 |access-date=14 June 2012 |url= http://www.ou.org/index.php/ou/print_this/44394/ |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120911171203/http://www.ou.org/index.php/ou/print_this/44394/ |archive-date=11 September 2012}}</ref>
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