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| Save the Trees |
| By Rabbi Lazer Brody |
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| Few nations are so environmentally aware as the Jewish People; Tu B'Shvat, the New Year for trees, is a day when we focus on beautifying the earth we live on... |
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| The Family Tree |
| By Rabbi Lazer Brody |
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| Any change at the base of the trunk has a profound effect on the branches, then subsequently on the twigs, and ultimately on the leaves and fruit... |
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| Restoration and Reforestation |
| By Rabbi Lazer Brody |
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| Why does Judaism need a New Year for trees? Are we a bunch of green-peaceniks or something? Are we the watchdogs of civil liberties for trees? |
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| Like the Trees in Winter |
| By Rabbi Lazer Brody |
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| An unsuspecting onlooker wouldn't believe that the bare and dry branches of trees in winter will ever sprout green again, much less give fruit, just like the Jewish people… |
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| Man is a tree |
| By Rivka Levy |
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| Trees teach us that there is an ideal season for everything, including aliya. Miss the ideal time, and you’ll have to put in a lot more effort and prayer to make it work... |
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| Man is a Tree |
| By Rabbi Lazer Brody |
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| Trees give so much to the world but take so little for themselves. We learn ten important lessons in life from them; no wonder the Torah compares man to a tree… |
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| Hashem’s Signature |
| By Rabbi Lazer Brody |
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| Why isn’t there a New Year for waterfalls or peacocks, or any other of Hashem’s magnificent creations? What’s so special about fruit trees, and an apple in particular? |
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| The Tu B’shvat Seder |
| By Breslev Israel staff |
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| Many people traditionally celebrate Tu B’Shvat – the New Year for trees – with the lovely custom of having a “Seder” where they rejoice in the exquisite fruit of the trees. |
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| Bad Tree, Bad Apple |
| By Rabbi Lazer Brody |
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| Parental influence plays a big role in a child's life, and often determines whether the daughter will grow up to be a Miriam Bilega or a Yehudit Maccabee... |
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| Tu B’Shvat and Shovevim |
| By Rabbi Lazer Brody |
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| “The righteous man shall flower like a date palm and grow tall like a cedar of Lebanon.” Why does King David use a double imagery of date palm and cedar? The answer... |
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| The Tree of Life |
| By Eliezer Shore |
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| Trees depict species' relationships, language development, the flow of a computer program. We commonly speak of finding our roots, of bending with the wind, of turning over... |
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| Tu B'Shvat - Preparing for the New Year |
| By Libi Astaire |
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| On the 15th day of the month of Shevat we celebrate the holiday of Tu B'Shevat - the new year of the trees. A well-known custom to mark the occasion... |
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| Tu B'Shvat - Why Israel? |
| By Jacob Rupp |
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| There I was, dressed in my ripped undershirt, wearing my old weight-lifting gloves, when I was asked a very difficult question. Unlike... |
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