Man is a tree of the field

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   Man Is a Tree of the Field: Of Trees and Men

   “Man is [like] a tree of the field,” and the Jewish calendar reserves one day each year—the “New Year for Trees” on the 15th of Shevat—for us to contemplate our affinity with our botanical analogue and what it can teach us about our own lives.

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   Straw Man

   In the perfect world of Moshiach, such empty materialism will cease to be—the kash of Esau will be utterly consumed by the spiritual fire of Jacob.

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   Agricultural Man: Shavuot and Wheat

   Each holiday marks the soul’s growth from a tiny seed to a sprouting shoot to a bountiful harvest.