Episode 122 Van Gogh’s Cypress and the Charity of Trees

A comment by the medieval exegete Rashi, together with a set of paintings by Vincent Van Gogh, illuminates a mitzvah about trees.

Supplemental Materials:

• Click here to read the article, “Van Gogh and the Consolation of Trees” [account may be required].
• Click here to see Van Gogh’s painting, “Cypresses.”
• Click here to see Van Gogh’s painting, “Starry Night.”

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