Olives — the fruit of light and metaphor
As today is the first day of Chanukah, I think it a fitting time to reflect on the virtues of olives and olive oil; their
As today is the first day of Chanukah, I think it a fitting time to reflect on the virtues of olives and olive oil; their
Dear Friends, I love how stories contain so much more than just what they are “about”. Like seeds from an ancient world, they have the
‘Every one shall sit under his or her own vine and fig tree, and no one will make them afraid, for Hashem has spoken.’ Micah
“Let no one ever cease from planting. Fields filled with trees greeted us at birth, and we should add to their number even in old
Monday, May 9, 2011 If a tree can grow in Brooklyn If a tree could grow in Brooklyn, certainly a garden could grow in a
NEW YORK (March 17, 2011) — When David Ben-Gurion envisioned making the desert bloom, bulldozing Bedouin villages to make way for new groves of trees
15 Shvat, 5771 — Trees just might be the ultimate environmentalists. They provide shelter and food for animals large and small. They nourish the soil