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 KabbalaOnLine.org Magazine Vol.19, no.18

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Vol. 19, No.18
14 Shevat - 20 Shevat, 5783 / Feb. 5 - Feb.11, 2023

Week of Yitro 5783
 

 

PREFACE:

Welcome to our special Tu B'Shvat edition
Sunday night - Monday of this week is TU (15th) B'SHEVAT (the annual "Festival of Fruit Trees in Israel");
the first three articles and the story (#7) examine the significance of the day and its customs, from three different perspectives in Kabbalah.
The next three are for the Weekly Reading which contains the first appearance of the Ten Commandments.


 


1) Tu b'Shevat

A Tu b'Shevat Custom for Families

   
    A Delightful Family Custom

On the night of the 15th of Shvat, each member of the family should say the blessing over a specifically-designated fruit.

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2) Tu b'Shevat

  The Tree That Tastes Like Its Fruit - Part 2

      By Rabbi Avraham Brandwein

Trees, like man, can be 'givers' or 'receivers' -- or both

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3) Tuv Ha'artz

  The Rains of Israel

 Chapter Ten, Part 2
    By Rabbi Nathan Schapira; translation & commentary by David Slavin


Vegetables, due to their humility," do not require "male" waters to grow, for they can thrive with just "female" waters. Whereas fruit trees, which are tall, i.e. arrogant, will not produce fruits unless they receive specifically "male" waters.

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4)  Weekly Torah Reading

  The Guiding Hands of Torah

  By Rabbi Isaiah Horowitz; adapted from Shenei Luchot HaBrit by Eliyahu Munk

The ten sefirot parallel the ten fingers, five on each hand, with a covenant forming the link between them in the center.

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5) Weekly Torah Reading

   Taking the Fifth

     From the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe; adapted by Moshe Yaakov Wisnefsky

Honoring parents, the fifth of the Ten Commandments, is the "bridge" between the two tablets, since this commandment is part of both our relationship with G-d as well as our relationship with humanity.

 

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6) Weekly Torah Reading

  Shabbat: Gateway to Delight

From the teachings of Rafael Moshe Luria; translated by Simcha H. Benyosef
   


The fine distinction between enjoying ourselves through the physical pleasures of Shabbat versus delighting in the spiritual joy we may attain this day calls for a redefinition of the terms "joy" and "delight".

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7) Mystical Story

  The Emperor, the Elder and the Fig Tree

Translated and annotated by Rahmiel-Hayyim Drizin from the Zohar selection in Hok L'Yisrael

 


While Adriyonus Caesar was going to war with his soldiers to fight against Jewish rebels. he came upon an old man who was planting fig trees.

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