Thursday, January 9, 2014

Tree of Life

A story for טו בשבט.
We ask the leaf, "are you complete in yourself?" And the leaf answers , 'no, my life is in the branches.'
We ask the branch, and the branch answers,'no my life is in the trunk.' 
We ask the trunk , and the trunk answers, 'no my life is in the root'. 
We ask the root, and the root answers, 'no, my life is in the trunk, and in the branches, and in the leaves. Strip the branches of leaves and I shall die'.
The Jewish people are the leaves on the  'Jewish Tree' and we must stay attached to that 'Jewish Tree.' As it is written 'עץ חיים היא למחזיקים בה.' 
The Jewish people, and The State of Israel, are our 'Tree of Life.'

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