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Planting trees in Israel.
Judaism Regards Trees
As Respected Blessing
DVORA WAYSMAN
Special to The Jewish News
erusalem — Trees have
always been considered
a blessing in Judaism,
and there are many stern in-
structions in the Torah con-
cerning respect and proper
treatment of them.
"When thou shalt besiege a
city a long time, in making
war against it to take it, thou
shalt not destroy the trees
thereof by wielding an axe
against them; for thou mayest
eat of them, but thou shalt
not cut them down . . . Only
the trees of which thou
knowest that they are not
trees for food, them thou
mayest destroy and cut down,
that thou mayest build
bulwarks against the city
that maketh war with thee
until it fall." (Deut. 20:19-20).
This warning was given to
Israel because such practices
by nomadic warriors devas-
tated the lands they set out to
conquer. However, if the trees
were not fruit-bearing, it was
permitted to cut them down if
military necessity demanded
it.
In Isaiah it is written, "The
glory of Lebanon shall come
unto thee, the cypress, the
plane tree and the larch
together; To beautify the
place of My sanctuary, And I
will make the place of My feet
glorious." The first reference
to "the glory of Lebanon," is
to the trees for which
Lebanon was famous, which
were brought to beautify the
surroundings of the Temple.
Respect and reverance for
trees is understandable, but a
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New Year for trees? In biblical
times, Jews were farming peo-
ple and Israel today has
numerous settlements. In an-
cient Palestine they treasured
the olive tree, the grave vine
and the date palm, and just as
we believe that on the first
day of the seventh month
each human being is judged
and his fate for the coming
year is inscribed in the Book
of Life, so also do we believe
that trees are similarly judg-
ed on Tu B'Shevat — the 15th
day of the Hebrew month of
Shevat — the first day of
spring in Israel.
The New Year of the Trees
used to fulfil a great function
in the agricultural life of the
community. First, it marked
the date from which to count
the age of the trees, for
reasons of the tithe, and also
to indicate the maturation of
the fruit. This is important,
as even today fruit cannot be
eaten until the fourth year,
and this standardizes the bir-
thday of the trees.
In the Diaspora, Tu
B'Shevat is considered a very
minor and unimportant holi-
day. There are not even
special prayers in synagogue.
But it is still significant in
Israel where the kibbutzim
and moshavim have returned
the Jewish people to the soil.
Here, it is a lovely, lively
spring festival, particularly
loved by children. The
weather is changing as the
seasons turn — it is chilly at
the beginning of the month,
for it is still the rainy season.
But by 15 Shevat, the heavy
rains have given way to light
showers. The trees, flowers