Planting “Trees” to Fulfill the Dream of Israel’s Founders

By Rabbi Ofek Meir from reformjudaism.org

Tu BiShvat is known as the Jewish Arbor Day, and as such, it’s the time each year when Israeli schoolchildren plant trees. Perhaps it’s no coincidence, then, that it was a teacher, Ze’ev Yavetz, who instituted the custom of planting trees on Tu BiShvat… [read more]