Episode 69 A Poem and a Tree
Judaism has several mitzvot about the first four years of a tree. Why?
Supplemental Materials:
- Click here to read Leviticus 19, verses 23 and 24.
- Click here to read Joyce Kilmer’s poem, “Trees.”
- Click here to read Philip Larkin’s poem, “The Trees.”
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