Ranking Plants from Jewish to Antisemitic

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Ranking Plants from Jewish to Antisemitic

The Jewish people have a sacred connection to nature. On Sukkot, it’s a mitzvah to shake the lulav and etrog and sleep under the stars in your sukkah. The pomegranate, with its 613 seeds, is seen as a tangible connection to the 613 commandments and is also a symbol of love and fertility in Jewish culture. And I’d be remiss not to mention Tu Bishvat, the birthday of the trees, which Jews celebrate every year on the 15th of the Hebrew month Shevat…