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Tu B’Shvat – The Rosh Hashanah for the Trees
Tu B’Shvat – The Rosh Hashanah for the Trees By: Rabbi Ezriel Mantsur Rosh Hashanah for the trees falls in our month, the month of Shevat. I will offer a hint from the verse (Numbers 13:20): “Is there a tree in it or not?” Rashi explains: “Is there a tree in it—meaning, is there a worthy person among them whose merit will protect them?” I suggest an allusion in the wording “is there a tree,” meaning: is there among them a worthy person who gives…
Rabbi Yerahmiel Barylka The tree occupies a central place among the set of prescriptions that deal with the plant kingdom and its relationship with man. The rules related to the tree and its fruits comprise all stages of its existence. For many years, these halachot were only studied in theory; however, through that study it was possible to reinstate the practice of them in Eretz Israel. Our sages attributed divine virtues to the work of the pla…
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