[Avodah] TU B'SHVAT

[Micha Berger]

On Mon, February 9, 2009 6:56 am, Cantor Wolberg wrote:
:  From Talmud Taanit 5b
:
: A man was travelling through the desert, hungry, thirsty, and tired,
...

The context is a mashal. R Nachman hosted R Yitzchaq for a meal, and
when R Yitzchaq was leaving, R Nachman asked R Yitzchaq for a
berakhah. R Yitzchaq answered with this mashal.

R' Nachman already had mitzvos (fruit), Torah (the many branches
giving shade) and wealth (the river), so with what could R Yitzchaq
bless him? That his children follow in his footsteps.

The song is beautiful, and one I meditate upon when worried about one
of my children. But the only connection to Tu biShvat is that the
metaphor leverages "ki haadam eitz hasadeh".

SheTir'u baTov!
-micha

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