You will often find many synagogues and churches named after a Tree of life.įor example, Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh where the tragic shootings took place against the members for being Jewish. Not only does it provide life from the oxygen it releases, but one can survive off of the fruit and nutrients of a tree.Ī tree also is a symbol of family.
Look look at it from the roots all the way up to the top of the leaves. It is birth, growth, end of life, and the future. Limited time to create a family, work, love, cry, laugh, pray, celebrate and just live. We know we must make something of ourselves, and we have limited time to do so. We admire the Torah’s wisdom through it, life makes sense and all things physical and spiritual function in harmony.Īnd we also know that we are human, and the " fear" of death looms over us. When we study Torah we not only absorb knowledge we begin to appreciate it as well.
It is the symbol of the Torah, as a tree of infinite knowledge, producing the fruits of new teachings and students over the generations. Often at the conclusion of a prayer service, you can hear the words from Proverbs 3:18 “She is a tree of life to them that hold fast, and all who hold onto her are happy." The foundation for Judeo-Christian religions. The life, the blood, the rules, the way we are to construct and lead our lives. In Judaism, this tree of life is often referred to as the Torah. What we do not hear much about is the tree of life.
#TREE OF LIFE SYMBOL MEANING JEWISH HOW TO#
It was Adam and Eve who ate from the tree of knowledge and as a result they now knew of death, pain of childbirth and how to become human. The Tree of Life and the Tree of Knowledge. Let's start out by saying there were two trees in the Garden of Eden, The Book of Genesis.
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