12th Feb 2006

Tu B’Shevat


Nightfall tonight marks the beginning of Tu B’Shevat, a Jewish holiday for the celebration of trees and the bounty that we receive from them. The holiday may be celebrated by planting trees, or tithing for trees in Israel. More recently, a seder has been introduced, like the passover seder, to link wine, food, and words.

The global ecological crisis — from burning rain forests and clear-cutting ancient forests. Holes in the ozone layer make clear that our nibblings from the Tree of Knowledge have indeed brought an urgent need for terrestrial healings of cosmic proportion.

In Tu B’Shevat we find an affirmation of the necessity for caring for trees, and by extension, the entire garden in which we live.

And we find a connection between our consciousness, our consumption (eating), and the health of the world around us.

Excerpted from Trees and Justice

More about Tu B’Shevat

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