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Trees, Earth, and Torah: A Tu B'Shevat Anthology
Trees Earth and Torah A Tu B'Shevat Anthology Trees, Earth and Torah is the first comprehensive collection of Jewish resources for observing the increasingly popular midwinter holiday of Tu B'Shvat, the Jewish "New Year of the Trees." Created by the Jewish mystics of Sefat, this holiday celebrates natural and supernatural renewal, and includes a special "seder" modeled on the Passove... more »r seder. In the twentieth century, Tu B'Shvat has taken on added significance due to the greening of Israel and the growth of the ecology movement in the United States and abroad. Trees, Earth and Torah brings together for the first time biblical, rabbinical, medieval, and modern sources about the significance and historical development of this holiday; as well as several texts for "Seder Tu B'Shvat."« less