Tag: trees

In this essay, Aviva Lauer analyzes the Biblical prohibition against cutting down fruit trees in wartime, and connects it to messages about human dignity.

The significant linkages between the Garden of Eden narrative and the commandment concerning cutting down trees in time of war suggest a profound message about how we should live in an imperfect world.

How can one pray after sinning? In this poem, Dov Frank suggests seeking redemption in unexpected places.

Tehila Wenger offers a short story on loss, eternity, and olive trees .