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At the start of the first millennium: The land flowing with milk and honey. A producer of olives and exporter of olive oil to the entire civilized world....
The wheel of fortune had taken a downward turn for a once-wealthy Jew who lived in the Moroccan city of Rabat. He was forced to leave home and wander from...
Nissim Kinouri lived not far from Tiberias in a humble village on the shore of Lake Kinneret, which gave him his family name. He was extremely poor. He...
Global Web If the science of ecology has demonstrated anything at all, it is this: No act thuds into isolation or oblivion. Everything is interwoven...
One of the striking phenomena of modern Orthodox life is how distant we are from nature. In the ancient world, both among Jews and among the other...
In the first mishnah of tractate Rosh HaShanah, the School of Hillel asserts that the “New Year” for trees is on the 15th day of the month of...
There is no blessing for planting trees. Generally, blessings are recited upon receiving pleasure from something. Planting a tree will bring you pleasure...
Tu b'Shvat is on the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Shevat. For the year 2009, Tu b'Shvat starts at nightfall, Sunday, February 8th,...
1. The Torah tells us that "Man is [compared to] the tree of the field".1 There are many powerful lessons we can learn from our vegetative...
1. On this day it is customary to partake of the fruit which the Holy Land is famous for: olives, dates, grapes, figs and pomegranates.1 If you are...
