Tu B’Shvat
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Tu B’Shvat

ByRuthie Guten

Fifteen Psalms for the Trees This year, Tu b’Shevat, the birthday of the trees, will fall on the evening of January. 17 and during the day on January. 18. Quoted from: http://telshemesh.org/shevat/fifteen_psalms_for_the_trees.html As the new moon of Shevat approaches, the trees begin to awaken just a little, enough to begin the flow of sap. There…

Freedom
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Freedom

ByRuthie Guten

“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children’s children what it was once…