Plants

February 8, 2012

Notwithstanding the plant's beauty and intricacy, it still does not seem to come close to that of the human. Yet the plant sustains the human being. In spiritual terms this demonstrates that it is closer to the apex of creation

Likkutei Sichos, Vol. VI, p. 107ff. I. “And on the third day, when it was morning, there were sounds (Kolos) and lightning; and there was a heavy cloud on the mountain. And the sound (Kol) of the shofar [resounded] very powerfully... And the sound (Kol) ...

Consistently, the process repeated itself, until I resigned myself to the fact that my huge southern-facing window would remain empty of growing things. Then my mother gave me the cactus...

A desert mountain which miraculously bloomed with flowers and vegetation spawned a beautiful and aesthetic custom . . .

The utility of plowing and sowing is a matter of experience: countless generations of farmers have sown and profited from their toil. Yet the Talmud insists that farming is an act of faith

Seven areas of our lives represented by the "Seven Kinds": our humanity (wheat), passion (barley), joy (grapes), intimacy (figs), action (pomegranates), struggle (olives) and tranquility (dates)

Sickle in hand, the elderly Reb Zalman, with his broad, regal beard and face shining with joy, was swift and nimble as a lad . . .

The whole fruit business is a scam