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WISDOM AND SOUND ADVICE FROM THE TORAH

I went down to the grove of nut trees to look at the new
growth in the valley, to see if the vines had budded or the

pomegranates were in bloom. (Song of Solomon, 6:11)

Then God said, "Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing
plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, ac-
cording to their various kinds." And it was so. (Genesis, 1:11)

... He shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Leba-
non. His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the
olive-tree, and his fragrance as Lebanon. They that dwell under
his shadow shall again make corn to grow, and shall blossom as
the vine... (Hoshea, 14:6-8)

Statements from the Torah Regarding
the Transient Nature of This World

All our days pass away under Your wrath;
we finish our years with a moan. The
length of our days is seventy years—
or eighty, if we have the strength;
yet their span is but trouble and
sorrow, for they quickly pass, and
we fly away. (Psalms, 90:9-10)

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