EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL
"Jerusalems's Finest"

Holy Food Imports is honored to offer you Gourmet Extra Virgin Olive Oil made from only the finest of olives and cold-pressed to perfection, keeping the acidity level low and the quality high.  What that means to your family is that you will have brought them Extra Virgin Olive Oil from the Holy Land which is the finest available today.  

Amazingly, the cold press is the very same method of Extra Virgin Olive Oil production which was used at the time of the First Holy Temple and Second Holy Temple.  

No meal is complete without Extra Virgin Olive Oil and no kitchen should ever be without it.  This has been true since the time of Moses and will continue to be true in the future.  Extra Virgin Olive Oil also has been shown in studies to have Amazing Nutritional Value, to help prevent certain diseases and reduce the risk of certain types of Cancer.  (See Latter Part of this Section)

Both the dove that brought the olive branch to Noah and the branch itself symbolize peace.  

In ceremonial usage it finds its most important application in Anointing, whence the Messiah (Anointed One) received his title.  

The best Extra Virgin Olive Oil was mixed with balsam and other ingredients spelled out in the Bible, including various perfumes, including that of the rose.  The Holy Oil of Anointing, which could not be used for any profane purpose, was made by Moses in the desert, and was kept in the Holy of Holies, serving miraculously for the anointing of the Tabernacle and of all high priests and kings.  

Olive oil is burned for lamp light.  
(Matthew 25:1-9)

As wine makes the heart glad, and bread strengthens the heart, so does oil make the face to shine.  
(Psalm 104:150)

Arabs and east Indians use olive oil as a hair tonic.  
(Luke 7:46)

Many Mediterranean peoples put olive oil on their bread.  
(Exodus 29:23; Leviticus 8:26)

"There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.  "
(Proverbs 21:20)

Olive oil makes an excellent unguent (salve).  The Good Samaritan poured oil and wine on the wounds of the stricken traveler.  
(Luke 10:30-36)

Olive Oil was a valuable item of trade, as seen in the story of Elisha and the miracle of the widow's oil being multiplied.  
(II Kings 4:1-7)

The term "Messiah," or "Christ," means "The Anointed One," because kings of Israel were anointed with oil.  
(I Samuel 10:1, 16:1, 6-7, 13; II Samuel 2:4, 5:3; I Kings 1:39, 19:16; II Kings 9:1, 3, 6, 11:12)

Oil is associated with joy, and the Messiah.  
(Psalm 45:7, Hebrews 1:9)

Olive oil is associated with the joy of the Feasts of the Lord.  In Deuteronomy 14:22-23, we are told to faithfully tithe, and eat before the Lord the tithe of our corn, wine, and oil, in the place He chooses to place His name.  

The first mention of the olive in the Bible is the olive leaf that the dove returned to Noah, signifying peace and restoration from the devastating flood.  
(Genesis 8:11).  

Israelites were to bring pure (defined as Extra Virgin) beaten olive oil for the eternal light in the Tabernacle.  
(Exodus 27:20-21; Leviticus 24:2).  

Olive oil was used in the Holy anointing oil to consecrate the priests, and instruments of the sanctuary.  
(Exodus 28:41, 30:22-33).  

God said that this sacred olive oil "shall be an holy anointing oil unto Me throughout your generations.  "
(Deuteronomy 6:10-12; Jeremiah 31:12).  

We think of the Promised Land as a land of milk and honey, but it was also one of olive oil.  
(Deuteronomy 8:7-8, II Kings 18:32)

Any olives which remained on the trees or fell to the ground were to be left for the stranger, the fatherless, and the Widow.  (This policy continues today)
(Deuteronomy 24:20)

Wood from olive trees was made into cherubim in and the doors of Solomon's Temple.  
(I Kings 6:23, 31-32)

Olive branches were part of the material used to make booths for the Feast of Tabernacles.  
(Nehemiah 8:14-15)

David, in Psalm 52:8, said he was like a green olive tree in the house of God, trusting in the mercy of God for ever, not like those who put their trust in riches and wickedness.  Yes, we should be like the olive tree that grows by the riverside, yielding its fruit in season.  
(Psalm 1:1-3, see also Jeremiah 11:16)

In a godly family, the children are like olive plants, sturdy and strong and productive.  
(Psalm 128:1-6).  

In the Millennium, when Israel returns to the Lord, "His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon"
(Hosea 14:6)

God figuratively anointed His people Israel.  
(Ezekiel 16:8-9)

Prophetically, two olive trees are symbolic of the two witnesses, which are "two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth,"
(Zechariah 4:14 (also verses 3, 11)

"And I will give power," God says, "unto My two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.  These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth"
(Revelation 11:3-4)

The Apostle James asks the question, "Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter? Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? So can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.  Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? Let him shew out of a good conversation [conduct] his works with meekness of wisdom,"
(James 3:11-13)

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.  
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.  
He restoreth my soul: He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake.  
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for Thou art with me; Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me.  
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.  
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.  

Science has also discovered some of the astounding properties of Extra Virgin Olive Oil.  It is loaded with vitamin E, and has no cholesterol.  Mediterranean peoples, in part because they liberally use Extra Virgin Olive Oil, have the lowest rate of heart disease among Western nations.  This is because Extra Virgin Olive Oil is rich in mono-saturated "good" fat, and antioxidants, which help prevent hardening of the arteries.  This keeps the good HDL cholesterol levels up, and the bad LDL cholesterol down.  The vitamin E and poly phenols prevent oxidation of fatty acids, which reduces the risk of arteriosclerosis and some forms of cancer.  

A study showed that foods fried in Extra Virgin Olive Oil retain more nutritional value than those fried in other kinds of oil.  Another study showed that women who eat Extra Virgin Olive Oil more than once a day have a 45% reduced risk of developing breast cancer.  Extra Virgin Olive Oil helps to prevent the formation of gallstones.  

God blessed the Land Of Israel with Olive Trees and the knowledge to make the finest Extra Virgin Olive Oil in the world.  Certainly, those who use Extra Virgin Olive Oil from the Holy Land are blessed as well.