Talk:Salt

Covenant of Salt?

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In the Middle East, salt was used to ceremonially seal an agreement, and the ancient Hebrews made a "covenant of salt" with God and sprinkled salt on their offerings to show their trust in him.

There is wording about sprinkling grain offerings with salt, in Leviticus 2:11-13 (and a covenant is mentioned), but the text does not give any reason why salt was used in this context. The phrase "covenant of salt" also occurs elsewhere, e.g., in 2 Chr 13 (in reference to an entirely different covenant), but again there is no detailed explanation of what the salt signifies. In the absense of any reliable source for the interpretation, I propose that we de-editorialize the content as follows:

In the Middle East, salt was used ceremonially, e.g., the ancient Hebrews made a "covenant of salt" with God, sprinkling salt on their grain offerings to him.

It's _interesting_ to speculate about why the salt was used and what it meant, but this is an encyclopedia and as such not the correct venue for such speculation. The mere fact that salt was used, does seem germaine to the article, as it is an indicator of salt's cultural importance. --Jonadab, 2021 Nov 3

Animal tissues

"There is more salt in animal tissues, such as meat, blood, and milk, than in plant tissues."

Do blood and milk count as animal tissues? --Xarm Endris (talk) 06:53, 19 January 2022 (UTC)

Blood does. Milk is a secretion. --User:Khajidha (talk) (contributions) 01:16, 16 April 2022 (UTC)

salt in Judaism

The paragraph about dipping bread in salt after kiddush, is misleading. kiddush is made on generally made on wine. only after the kiddush and drinking, the hands are washed, then a blessing is made on the bread, the bread is cut and dipped in salt. 2600:1700:9128:6510:65E4:253A:C28:B992 (talk) 01:05, 6 March 2023 (UTC)

Benifit Of Rock Salt Health Benefits: सेंधा नमक खाने से दूर होती है ये बीमारियां

Rock Salt Health Benefits: सेंधा नमक खाने से दूर होती हैं ये बीमारियां! व्रत में ही नहीं रोजाना खाएं, मिलेंगे कमाल के फायदे Deepakjangid9358 (talk) 01:46, 13 May 2023 (UTC)