21.02.2012                      28.Schwat. 5772

Über Israel:

Sights and Insights: Chronological gymnastics

Simple elements like time and plants give lasting lessons on Passover.

The biblical landscape preserve in Israel, Neot Kedumim, is far more than an arboretum of biblical trees, plants, and gardens. Marvelously designed with the visitor in mind, the preserve purposes to help explain the vital connection the land had to the Bible itself.
The land of Israel has always had a relationship with the Scriptures. In fact, because we’re observing Leap Year at the end of the month, I thought about the creative calendar-shifting that had to occur in Israel’s history. Its purpose had everything to do with the land….