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Share the Wealth

Tu Bishvat, Judaism's version of Arbor Day, provides a lesson in sharing our material blessings with God--by giving of them to needy human beings.

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Photo: Jack Hazut

Four Kinds of Tu Bishvat

·        Rabbinic

·        Kabbalistic (mystical)

·        Zionist

·        Ecological

The Kabbalistic Seder

·        Part I: Nature as a Sacred Text

·        Part II: Evil Symbolized by Fruit

·        Part III: The Seder as Atonement for Sexual Impropriety

Herzl's Tree

The father of modern Zionism plants a tree in the land of Israel.

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The Nature & Environment section explores Jewish law and theology concerning the environment.