Fruit Trees

The prohibition of cutting down fruit trees is stricter than the prohibition of destroying other objects of value. Since man is compared to a fruit tree, it is particularly harmful to destroy a tree, for the act unleashes negative spiritual energies.

A closer look at a 3,300 year-old environmental protecttion law

As I mouth the words, I feel every fiber of my being rebelling. He has not made His world lacking? Not lacking in anything?

A special mitzvah, which can be fulfilled only once a year, is to recite the berachah ("blessing" or prayer) made upon seeing a fruit tree in bloom: Blessed are you G-d our G-d, king of the universe, who left nothing lacking in His world, and created with...

Watch an art video showing how to make a beautiful painting of a fruit tree for the New Year of Trees.

A Jewish scientist discusses the hand of G-d in the synchronized complexities in planting an orange…

Kabbalah details the various supernal sources of rain in the Land of Israel.

Meet the New Year for the Trees.

Can the New Year for Trees be a time for reflecting on the mitzvah of taking care of our health? Learn more about the meaning of Tu B’Shevat, and some of the health and healing properties of the fruits mentioned in Deuteronomy 8:8: “A land of wheat, barle...

We find that the Twelfth Step's call for service – that we "carry this message to other alcoholics" – is not just a way of paying back to the program, it is crucial to our own sobriety.