Trees, earth, and Torah : a Tu b'Shvat anthology
Title:
Trees, earth, and Torah : a Tu b'Shvat anthology
JLCTITLE245:
edited by Ari Elon, Naomi Mara Hyman, Arthur Waskow.
Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Information:
Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society, 1999.
Physical Description:
xvi, 492 p. : ill., music ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9780827606654
Abstract:
"Trees, Earth, and Torah is the first comprehensive collection of Jewish resources for observing the increasingly popular late winter holiday of Tu B'Shvat, the Jewish "New Year of Trees."" "Shaped in the sixteenth century by the Jewish mystics of Sefat, this holiday celebrates natural and supernatural renewal, and includes a special seder modeled after the Passover seder." "This anthology draws from biblical, rabbinical, medieval, and modern sources - from art, music, recipes, and crafts, as well as fiction, poetry, and essays - about the significance and historical development of the holiday, and includes mystical writings along with Zionist and Eco-Jewish pieces."--BOOK JACKET.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 459-484).
Contents:
Acknowledging the Orchard Keepers -- Introduction to the Tree / The Editors -- Pt. I. The Living Tree: A Festival's Growth through History. Growing Tu B'Shvat: The Life-Juice of the Tree of History / Arthur Waskow -- Pt. II. Roots: Biblical Judaism in the Land of Israel. Biblical Passages. Israel: The Orchard and Vineyard of God / Howard Eilberg-Schwartz -- Pt. III. The Trunk: Rabbinic Judaism. Mishnah and Gemara on Tu B'Shvat. Midrash from The Book of Legends, Sefer Aggadah / Hayim Nachman Bialik and Yehoshua Ravnitsky. "Shemonah Esrel for the New Year of the Trees": A Medieval Amidah for Tu B'Shvat / Joyce Galaski. Is the Tree Human? / Eilon Schwartz. Thou Shalt Not Destroy / Norman Lamm -- Pt. IV. Branches: Kabbalah and Hasidism. The Trees of Eden in the Kabbalah / Gershom Scholem. The House of the World / Aryeh Wineman. The World Trees in the Zohar / Pinchas Giller. Peri Eitz Hadar: A Kabbalist Tu B'Shvat Seder / Miles Krassen. Blessing Trees Yosef Hayyim of Baghdad / Zalman Schachter-Shalomi. The Souls of Trees Nachman of Bratzlav as retold / Howard Schwartz. Conceiving the World R. Tzvi Elimelekh Shapira of Dinov / Ivan Ickovits -- Pt. V. Branches: Zionism and the Land of Israel. Variations on the Theme of the Future / A. D. Gordon and Jeremy Schwartz. Zionist Ideology and the Space of Eretz Yisrael: Why the Native Israeli is Called Tzabar / Tsili Doleve-Gandelman. The Forest as a National Icon: Literature, Politics, and the Archeology of Memory / Yael Zerubavel. A Tree for a Tree: The Aggressive Nature of Planting / Shaul Cohen. Poems by Zelda and Malka Heifetz Tussman / Marcia Falk -- Pt. VI. Branches: Eco-Judaism. "I and Thou: A Tree" / Martin Buber. "Trees for Life" / Ismar Schorsch. "The Redwood Torah" Arthur Waskow / Naomi Mara Hyman. "Tu Bishvat in the Redwoods: A Meditation Suite for the Earth" (poem) / Marcia Falk.
Nebuchadnezzar, Nahman's "The Cripple," and Groundhog Day: A Meditation on Tu B'Shvat / Howard M. Solomon. The New Year of the Trees / Marge Piercy. Wisdom and the Two Trees / Alix Pirani. The Human, the Tree, and the Image of God / David Seidenberg. From The Wisdom of the Jewish Sages / Rami Shapiro. Re/Membering Nature / Rami Shapiro. Tu B'Shvat as a Visual, Mystical Rosh HaShanah / David Wolfe-Blank. The Rings of Growth / Zalman Schachter-Shalomi. Through Tu B'Shvat to Yah B'Shvat / Ari Elon -- Pt. VII. Fruit of the Lovely Tree: Tu B'Shvat Itself. Blessings for the Seder / Marcia Falk. Cooking Up a Tu B'Shvat Seder / Ellen Bernstein and Hannah Ashley. A Circle of Friends: Tu B'Shvat for Small Children / Elisheva Kaufman. Plants and Trees in Winter: Tu B'Shvat for Older Children / Elisheva Kaufman. Caring for a Tree of Life / Elisheva Kaufman. Getting to the Root of the Tree of Life - Outdoors / Michal Fox Smart. Food from the Sacred Tree / Gil Marks. Delights of the Tu B'Shvat Table / Gilda Angel. Ever Since Eden: Trees, Tradition, and Tu B'Shvat / Everett Gendler. Tu B'Shvat Meditation / Susan Singer. Judaism, Vegetarianism, and Tu B'Shvat / Jonathan Wolf and Richard H. Schwartz. New Traditions for Tu B'Shvat / Rami Shapiro. Sharing God's Fruitfulness / Arthur Waskow. Etz Hiyyim Rabbah: 1.1 / Joel Lurie Grishaver. Songs for Tu B'Shvat -- Pt. VIII. Seeds: Sources for Learning and Doing.