[Avodah] TU B'SHVAT

[Cantor Wolberg]

 From Talmud Taanit 5b

A man was travelling through the desert, hungry, thirsty, and tired,  
when he came upon a tree bearing luscious fruit and affording plenty  
of shade, underneath which ran a spring of water. He ate of the fruit,  
drank of the water, and rested beneath the shade.

When he was about to leave he turned to the tree and said: 'Tree, oh,  
tree, with what should I bless you?

"Should I bless you that your fruit be sweet? Your fruit is already  
sweet.

"Should I bless you that your shade be plentiful? Your shade is  
plentiful. That a spring of water should run beneath you? A spring of  
water runs beneath you."

"There is one thing with which I can bless you: May it be God's will  
that all the trees planted from your seed should be like you..."
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.aishdas.org/pipermail/avodah-aishdas.org/attachments/20090209/4131e817/attachment-0001.htm>