With cinnamon, we finally get to an aromatic plant that is used primarily for its smell. It is mentioned in the Bible as a component of both incense and perfume. Two varieties are named in the Bible : cinnamon (KINAMON) and cassia (KEDA or KEZIA). In both cases, we are dealing with the same spice as today's cinnamon : cinnamomum zeylanicum. The cinnamon is the outer bark, and the cassia the inner one. Maimonides explains that cinnamon is "a reed as thin as straw that comes from the Indian Islands". It is one of the 11 mandated components of the incense [see Appendix], as well as used in the (infused) Oil of Annointing.
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