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About the Cost of Fruit Trees

Why do Fruit Trees cost more to plant...

than the less expensive pine and spruce trees??? To see a list of 10 expenses Click here

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 Click Here

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. Click Here

2,000 Year Old Palm Tree

Up Close and Personal With a 2,000 Year Old Baby Judean Palm Tree. Yishai Fleisher heads south to visit the Arava Institute and the date palm they are growing from a 2,000 year old seed! Click Here. Click Here

You too can keep Shmitta from anywhere in the world!

HaRav Hagaon Yaakov Ariel shlita, leading Posek on the מצוות התלויות בארץ Mitzvos of Agriculture that are applicable in the Holy Land, wrote a psak halacha on how people around the world can keep Shmitta by partnering with farmers and helping them plant fruit trees before Shmitta. Click here

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

The Admor of Piacezne Rav Kalman Menachem Shapira planting fruit trees at the Aish Kodesh Vineyard. The Rebbe is the son of Reb Elimelech Shapira, and assumed the mantle of the Piacezne Chassidus in Ramat Beit Shemesh since his father passing in 1997.

The Rebbe's Grandfather Reb Yeshaya Shapira (1891-1945) brother of Rebbe Kalonymus Kalman Shapira the Piacezne Rebbe from poland who wrote the Aish Kodesh hy"d, was known as Admor Hachalutz, the Pioneering Rebbe who came to Israel in 1920 and help build up Eretz Israel in Land, Torah and Mitzvot. He wrote a Sefer book called Eretz Chafeitz about the importance of planting fruit trees in Eretz Yisrael and about the Mitzvos Hatluyos Baaretz, Mitzvos that can only be performed in the Holy land.

Miracle Shmitta Grapes

Amazing true story with Ariel BenShitrit a grape farmer who runs the vineyard in Yitzhar. Read what happend to his grapes before last Shmitta (Sabbatical year) Click

Miracle Banana Field Story

Amazing true story with Gibor Koach a banana farmer, who decided to keep Shmitta (the Sabbatical year) for the first time in his life after many years of farming. Click

Miracle Orange Tree

Can people STARVE if they don't work the fields a whole year??? Click

Keeping Shmitta saved lives!

IDF video explaining the story of how keeping Shmitta enabled them to thwart the terror tunnel attack next to a Moshav where friends of Zo Artzeinu helped plant thousands of fruit trees. Click