A Religion That Plants Trees Every Year – OpEd

Prioritizing gardening over the Messiah coming may seem bizarre, but that is precisely what the Rabbis say. The first century Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai taught: “If you have a sapling in your hand, and someone says to you that the Messiah has come, stay and finish the planting, and then go to greet the Messiah.” (Avot...