Poetry

TuB’Shvat

TuB’Shvat/Rabbi Elazar ben Arach (Avot 2:13)

By Yossi Huttler

go out and discern tree

this new year of trees

the path to the sublime

esrog

the good heart

which encompasses all

to which a man should cling

Yossi Huttler, who lives in Los Angeles, is the author of Lakol Z’man: A Poetical Journey Through The Jewish Year. Mr. Huttler’s poems and essays have appeared in the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Daily Forward, the Jewish Observer, and other publications.

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