Shalom,
Below are some videos and lesson plans you can download and use in school.
Feel free to email us is you have any questions or suggestions info@IsraelTrees.org
Lesson Plan
"United 4 New Trees of Life" School Lesson Plans
Israel Trees School Lesson Plan
This is an introduction and basic instructions for running the Israel Fruit Tree program along with a School Lesson Plan that can be used by teachers.
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Israel Trees School Lesson Plan 2024.pdf
Tu Bishvat Celebrating Pleasure - Ascent Lights
The Tu Bishvat festive dinner is an opportunity to
repair the transgression of Adam and Eve - By Rabbi David Aaron
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Tu Bishvat Celebrating Pleasure - Ascent Lights
Planting Trees in the Holy Land
Planting Trees in the Holy Land - Settling the Land can be done by planting trees and also by aiding in its development. By Rabbi Eliezer Melammed of Haar Bracha
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Planting Trees in the Holy Land.pdf
Is NOW the time to plant trees?
by Shmuel Sackett of Zo Artzeinu
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Is NOW the time to plant trees.pdf
Tu Bishvat Seder with Hillel
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Tu Bishvat Seder with Hillel.pdf
Tu Bishvat Seder with Aish Hatorah
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Tu Bishvat Seder with Aish.pdf
Bal Tashchis: Preservation of Fruit Trees by Rabbi D. Neustadt
Mitzvot Hateluyot Baaretz Guide
By Rabbi Elimelech Kornfeld Shlita
Rav, Kehilla Hagra, Ramat Beit Shemesh
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Mitzvot Hateluyot Baaretz Guide.pdf
Kosher Consumer Guide to Shmitta
By Rabbi Alan Haber
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Kosher Consumer Guide to Shmitta.pdf
Planting Trees in the Holy Land!
by Rav Melemed Rosh Yeshiva
(head of) Yeshiva in Har Bracha
Important lessons and Torah (Biblcal) sources about the significance planting fruit trees in Israel.
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Tree Planting Prayer
Planting trees in Israel is an important Biblical Mitzvah, the Rishon Letzion, Chief Sephardic Rabbi in 1948, Rav Ben Tzion Meir Hai Uziel, composed a special prayer to be said when planting trees in the Land of Israel. One should say this prayer when physically planting a tree or after ordering one online as well. Click Here
Fruit Tree Blessing
During springtime March-May, people say a blessing on fruit trees all over the world. To see a worldwide map of fruit trees
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Tu B'shvat Seder
Download a PDF of different Tu B'Shvat Seders and print to lead your own Seder with family and friends. Choice of Hillel and Aish Hatora Kabbalistic Seder. Click
The 7 Species in the Torah
While the Land of Israel is blessed with many fruits, the seven have a special status. They symbolize the Land of Israel and the connection between the Jewish people and this land. Five of them are Fruit trees which Zo Artzeinu focuses on planting regularly. Olives, Grapes, Figs, Pomegranates and Date trees. Click Here
7 Species and Nutrition
In with the old: The 7 ancient species of Israel as a bases for modern nutrition. There are seven specific foods that formed the basic nutrition of the ancient Israelites. They were Wheat, Barley, Dates, Figs, Pomegranates, Grapes, and Olive. Click Here
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Students Questions answered:
Question:
Shalom! We are participating in the program. But we have
been asked a valid question. What is the mekor for saying there is a
mitzvah to plant fruit trees (as opposed to other trees or other things
that help Yishuv haAretz)??
Torah Academy of Greater Philadelphia
Answer:
Excellent question!
Please see how Rav Melamed explains it. While it is certainly a mitzva to build and settle the land in many different ways, the Pasuk in Ki Tavo says:
וְכִּי תָבֹאוּ אֶל הָאָרֶץ וּנְטַעְתֶּם כָּל עֵץ מַאֲכָל
This is specifically referring to FRUIT trees.
All the mitzvot that come along with that can not be done with non fruit baring trees. Such as Orlah, Neta Revai, Truma Gedola Ketana, Maaser Rishon Sheni Ani, Shmita, Bikurim, Klaim, etc... Tu Bishvat is the New year for trees precisely to calculate all those hallachot associated with FRUIT trees.
Many people have a tradition to have a seder tasting the 7 species.
Those species are from the different fruit trees that are praised in the Torah.
אֶרֶץ חִטָּה וּשְׂעֹרָה, וְגֶפֶן וּתְאֵנָה וְרִמּוֹן; אֶרֶץ-זֵית שֶׁמֶן, וּדְבָשׁ
These are the types of trees that we plant, the ones referred to in the Torah.
All the mitzvot of trees are then possible with the Fruit trees
ב"ה
Please let us know if you have any other questions.
Thanks Zo Artzeinu
Excerpt translated from a letter written by HaRav Hagaon Yaakov Ariel shlita , leading Posek on the Mitzvos of Agriculture in the Holy Land, author of dozens Halachic Seforim (books) on this subject, former Chief Rav of Ramat Gan and Rosh (directing head of) Machon Torah VeHa'aretz.
“...it is appropriate that everyone in the world partner with a farmer in Israel to fulfill all the mitzvot מצוות התלויות בארץ... and through this partnership HE KEEPS THESE MITZVOT AS WELL because the land belongs to us all...
I therefore bless the efforts of Zo Artzeinu’s Tree Planting Campaign”
HaRav Ya'akov Ariel - Click to see letter
Videos teaching about Kilayim and Shmitta in the field
Videos of Schools Planting Fruit Trees in Israel
In addition to ordering online you can print order forms and hand them out:
Click Here for a PDF File
