...and while you're at it, pray for a pure heart .
This Shabbat is Tu B'Shevat, the New Year for Trees. On the very day that the land is renewed in Israel and new fruit begins to sprout, it is customary to pray that we will have a beautiful etrog on Sukkot.
The four species on Sukkot correspond to four different parts of the body. The lulav represents the spinal cord, the hadas corresponds to the eyes, the arava to the lips and the etrog to the heart. [Bnei Yissachar]
For this reason, this Shabbat on Tu B'Shevat, is a great opportunity to pray for a pure and straight heart, clean of any crookedness. [Rav Ephraim Kenig]
Comments