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Sesamiah Stewart
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Sesamiah Stewart began life in Mubai, India in 1509. His parents moved to India from Baghdad (because, it is where their ancestry originated), to escape persecution and voluntary knowledge that they were indeed Jewish. For a long time, Jews were forced to wear a yellow star by Abu Ishaq in early 1051. His parents did not want their child to grow up in such an environment. When they moved, his parents were involved in the trade of various crops such as wheat and corn. Though not very wealthy, they did manage to make ends meet. One large problem that the Stewart's faced over time was that Mumbai, at the time, did not accept the practice of Judaism, since it was mainly a Hindu nation. At the age of 25, his parents passed. They left Sesamiah with their knowledge of crops and this intrigued him. Not many years after his parents passing, the famine of 1542 struck Mubai. Sesamiah was forced to give up his home and move to Jerusalem. This, he felt, would give him a new chance to build a legacy from the ground up.

As Sesamiah ventured to Jerusalem, he found that life there was not as easy as he hoped. The Jews did not understand how an Indian man could practice anything other than Hinduism. He was again in the same place he had been before: singled out. As Sesamiah learned various methods to produce crops, he wanted more than ever to make a name for himself. He realized though, that since they would not accept him, he must change something about himself. As he was walking near a creek one day, he noticed a whitish clay on the creek bed and decided to rub it on his skin. He soon realized that this gave the appearance that he was indeed white. He began to collect this clay in his small home in jars that he had hand-blown. He applied this for a few days before people started to recognize him, again. He realized that he must change one more thing about his appearance to be truly, unrecognizable. As Sesamiah was tending to his crops one day, he watched an older woman walk by him carrying a large jar on her head. He watched as she tripped and fell, accidentally emptying the contents of this jar on the bale of hay that was next to the path. In this jar was red curry. He noticed that when the red curry landed on the hay, it gave the appearance of red hair. This is how Sesamiah knew he could disguise himself more effectively. From then on, he painted his face white and wore a wig made of curry covered hay.

Sesamiah, through his time as a farmer, was also able to pick up the craft of baking. He used his crops to bake multitudes of bread. This bread became quite a hit and he was soon starting to become noticed. His strong faith in Judaism was also noticed. Soon, the temple near his home wanted him to begin working for them to create breads for the fellow believers. He accepted with great delight because of what an honor it truly was. To first be allowed in to certain parts of the temple however, he was first instructed that he must guard the door for 10 days to become worthy of such an honor. He again, accepted. When other members of the Synagogue wanted to enter, Sesamiah had to deem them worthy. The words "Open Sesamiah" had to be uttered for the doors to open. This is commonly referred to in history to where the phrase "Open Sesame" was originated. After 10 long days, Sesamiah was allowed to enter the temple and begin his craft.

After years of such wonderful services to the Temple, Sesamiah grew weaker and weaker. He realized that he did not have much time left. He wanted to leave something for people to remember him by. One day as he was praying at the Temple, a single tear fell from his eye on the Temple floor and he fell dead right then. It is said, that when he died, the ghost of Moses took his tear from the floor and made it in to what we now call Sesame Seeds. The town mourned his passing. However, a fellow Jew found the seed, it was said to be a gift from God. It lay right next to the body of poor Sesamiah. He was credited to the discovery of such a wonderful thing. This is said to be his legacy.

On May 15, 1940, the fast food chain known as McDonald's was born. The founder, who was an Indian-Jew, wanted to pay homage to the man known as Sesamiah Stewart. This is where the idea for Ronald McDonald was born. This is also said to be the reason why sesame seeds are included on the Big Mac (their most popular sandwich ever).