B'Yachad - Together The Electronic Alumni Newsletter of Ohr Somayach --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Hinei ma tov u'ma na'im sheves achim gam 'Yachad' How good and pleasant it is for brothers to be 'Together' --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Issue #18 Shevat 5759 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Tree, A Spring And Offspring by Mendel Weinbach "Shall I bless you with Torah knowledge -- you are already a Torah scholar! Shall I bless you with wealth -- you are already a man of great resources ! Shall I bless you with children -- you already have them !" Rav Yitzchak found the solution to his problem by recalling a parable. A man wandered in the desert -- weary, hungry and thirsty. He came upon a tree with sweet fruits, a pleasant shade and a stream of water flowing beneath it. He ate from its fruits, drank from its water and relaxed in its shade. As he was about to depart a refreshed traveler, he turned to the tree and said: "Tree, oh tree, how can I bless you? Shall I bless you that your fruits should be sweet -- they are already so! Shall I bless you with a pleasant shade -- you already have it! Shall I bless you that a stream of water pass beneath you -- one already does! All I can bless you with is that all the trees which are offspring of you shall be like you." "Thus," concluded Rav Yitzchak, "I can only bless you in the same manner -- that all of your offspring shall be like you." On Tu B'Shvat, the Rosh Hashana of the trees, we at Ohr Somayach like to think of ourselves as trees blessed by Hashem to have offspring -- our beloved talmidim in Eretz Yisrael and throughout the world -- like ourselves, blessed with the same dedication to learning and spreading Torah and to insuring that their offspring will be like them. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- A New Service! 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