In the time when the Romans governed the land of Israel, a group of Hebrew people rebelled against their sovereignty. And the occupant, challenged by the slightest resistance, amplified their forces in the country and besieged Jerusalem. A part of the city’s residents wanted to surrender to the Romans, but a group of extreme radicals called Sicarii didn't allow anyone to leave the city, even if everybody were to die from hunger – they were determined to withstand the siege. Rabban Yohanan Ben Zakai,who was an important leader those days, went for a walk in the market. He saw the people of Jerusalem drinking straw tea and said: “These people who drink nothing but straw cannot possibly stand against the Roman Imperial Legions.” He understood from this that the city and the... Read More