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Trees, Earth, and Torah is the first extensive collection of Jewish resources for observing the increasingly popular late-winter holiday of Tu B’Shvat, the Jewish “New Year of the Tree.”

Shaped in the sixteenth century by Jewish mystics, this holiday celebrates natural and supernatural renewal, and includes a special seder modeled after the Passover seder. The relationship of humanity with the earth—of adam to adamah—has long been a vital element of Hebrew Scripture. Today the Tu B’Shvat holiday has taken on added significance because of the greening of Israel and the growth of the ecology and environmental movements in the United States and abroad.

This anthology draws from biblical, rabbinical, medieval, and modern sources that address the significance and historical development of the holiday, offers several examples of a “Seder Tu B’Shvat,” and includes mystical writings along wi

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“This is a very comprehensive collection which definitely belongs in Jewish libraries and religious institutions, schools and resource centers so all can learn more.”—The Jewish Leader


“[This] anthology speaks to people at all levels of Jewish and ecological literacy . . . [and] outlines simple, meaningful programs that all our congregations and havurot might emulate.”—Reconstructionism Today

Trees Earth and Torah

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      Publisher Jewish Publication Society
      Published 15 May 2000
      ISBN-13 9780827607170
      978-0827607170
      ISBN-10 0827607172
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      Judaism

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Trees, Earth, and Torah is the first extensive collection of Jewish resources for observing the increasingly popular late-winter holiday of Tu B’Shvat, the Jewish “New Year of the Tree.”

      Shaped in the sixteenth century by Jewish mystics, this holiday celebrates natural and supernatural renewal, and includes a special seder modeled after the Passover seder. The relationship of humanity with the earth—of adam to adamah—has long been a vital element of Hebrew Scripture. Today the Tu B’Shvat holiday has taken on added significance because of the greening of Israel and the growth of the ecology and environmental movements in the United States and abroad.

      This anthology draws from biblical, rabbinical, medieval, and modern sources that address the significance and historical development of the holiday, offers several examples of a “Seder Tu B’Shvat,” and includes mystical writings along wi

      Trade Review
      “This is a very comprehensive collection which definitely belongs in Jewish libraries and religious institutions, schools and resource centers so all can learn more.”—The Jewish Leader


      “[This] anthology speaks to people at all levels of Jewish and ecological literacy . . . [and] outlines simple, meaningful programs that all our congregations and havurot might emulate.”—Reconstructionism Today

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