Plants

Likkutei Sichos, Vol. VI, p. 107ff. I. “And on the third day, when it was morning, there were sounds (Kolos) and lightning; and there was a heavy cloud on the mountain. And the sound (Kol) of the shofar [resounded] very powerfully... And the sound (Kol) o...

Why is it necessary for us to know the date of the “New Year for Trees”? The dispute: When is the New Year for Trees? And what lessons can we learn from the tree?

Will you join me for a cup of tea and a chat? Certainly. And what will we chat about? About tea, of course. A cup of freshly brewed and steaming tea is quite invigorating. Tea rivals coffee for the top place among the most popular beverages. In some count...

The sweetest fruits of life take the longest to mature.

“A righteous person will flourish like a date-palm, grow tall like a cedar in Lebanon.” (Psalms 92:13) There are two types of tzadikim (righteous people), and both are perfectly righteous. The difference between them is as follows: One is in a continuous ...

This week’s parshah teaches us about building the mishkan, the Sanctuary which traveled with the Jews through the desert. The walls of the Mishkan were made of wooden planks cut from cedar trees. We can learn a lesson from the use of cedar trees for the m...

We are trees, nurtured by our roots—our ancient mothers and fathers.

Rabbi Dov Ber of Lubavitch once told someone to become an onion. This was a person who had been traveling from town to town spreading chassidic teachings. But now he had stopped. All the fuss over himself and his talents, he claimed, had been feeding his ...