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The "tree of life" in
today's verse is a beautiful metaphor for the Torah. Just as a tree's roots go
deep into the earth anchoring the tree, so too does our connection with the
Bible anchor us to God. Jewish tradition teaches that the day on which God
descended on Mount Sinai and instructed the children of Israel to prepare for
the receiving of the Torah was a Tuesday, which was also the day of the week on
which He created grasses, herbs of the field and the fruit trees (Genesis 1:
11). This parallel teaches us that just as trees and vegetation are integral to
the creation and sustaining of the earth, the Bible is integral to the creation
and sustaining of the faithful and moral human being. The metaphorical "tree of
life" is therefore also a physical tree, nourishing and strengthening the soil
of the Holy Land.
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