A London Trees Shemita Solidarity The Gaon, Rav Tzvi Greenhaus, told over an amazing story which occurred to his relatives. His relatives reside in London, and they have a large plum tree in their yard, which has grown there for many years. It had originally produced fruit, but as no one had properly tended to it over the years, it eventually stopped producing fruit. During the proper season, a few fruits appeared, but they were inedible. Eventually, no one from the family could even remember when the tree had last produced edible fruit. The tree itself did not appear healthy, and anyone could tell at a glance that this tree was incapable of producing fruit. During the shemitta year of 2000/2001, Rav Greenhaus relatives wanted to become partners in the mitzvah of shemittah, and they sent a sizable donation to the Keren Sheviis of Moshav Kommius. When the plum picking season began that year, this neglected plum tree began to produce beautiful and quality plums. Everybody who was witness to this unbelievable phenomenon was completely astounded. Not only did the tree produce a large amount of fruit, but the fruit was of better quality than the fruit of trees which had been carefully cultivated all year. The family called professionals to examine the tree and offer an explanation for this phenomenon, but they were astounded as well and could offer no professional or scientific explanation. In actuality, it was the fulfillment of the special bracha from Hashem for those who adhere to the laws of sheviis, as a present of gratitude to the family for their donation to the Keren Hasheviis (Barchi Nafshi)
Posted on: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:20:00 +0000
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