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It’s tradition to plant trees in Israel for Tu B’Shvat. That custom has a dark history
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Amid the ruins of Palestinian villages destroyed by Israeli forces, life sprouts from the branches of newly-planted trees. While the Israeli government might suggest that this is nature reclaiming old ...
At first glance, Tu B’Shvat, the Rosh Hashana for fruit trees (Mishna, R”H 1:1-2), seems to be of mere technical significance – the calendar marker for a new cycle of fruits. Surprisingly, though, we ...
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