Bet Lechem and Tu B`Shvat
“A land of wheat and barley and vines…a land of olives and honey (dates)”.
In the Laws of Blessings there is a rule about this verse: whatever is closer to the word “land” comes first in the order of blessings. Therefore, olives
(closer to the word land) are more important than grapes.
We can also learn an important idea from this regarding Bet Lechem: sometimes being close to something important is more important than the thing itself. Bet Lechem’s importance is precisely because it is on the way. As we will expand on later…
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