Inside the pomegranate are beautiful arils, the pomegranate seeds. Legend says there are 613 sweet and juicy arils in each pomegranate. Why this number - what is the significance? The significance is that 613 equates to the number of laws in the Old
Testament.
So, let me ask you, do all pomegranates have 613 seeds?
A food historian who was also curious did his own research. He gathered pomegranates from all over the world, cut them open, and counted their
seeds.
What do you think he discovered?
They did not all have 613 seeds - some had more, some had 613, and some had less. When he counted all the arils and averaged them out - it averaged out to
613!