This program will explore the symbolic and halachic significance of the olive tree. The questions we'll examine include: Neglected agricultural and political reasons that the olive-oil chanukiyah displaced an earlier symbol of Chanukah, Why the 15th of Av became a day for matchmaking, How the social and technological history of olive use mediates a five hundred year-old debate about how to read the Talmud, and The beautiful lesson about family relationships that the Psalms draw from the biology of the olive tree. Use code BMH-BJ for free: Register Here