(OPINION) BIN – Israeli journalist Nir Dvori tweeted a startling image of a tree bent in the wind but it took the eyes of right-wing leader and Torah scholar Dr. Michael Ben Ari to see the prophecy that was embodied in the spectacle. The photo, posted on Twitter on Monday, showed a tree on Mount Ebal bent over in strong winter winds. Dr. Ben Ari cited the verse in Isaiah.
“But while a tenth part yet remains in it, it shall repent. It shall be ravaged like the terebinth and the Alon (oak), of which stumps are left even when they are felled: its stump shall be a holy seed.” Isaiah 6:13
Ben Ari explained the connection between the verse and the image in the post. “The meaning of the word ‘fall/felled’ in this context is not that the leaves fall since there is virtually no foliage in these Alon trees. But the implication is that the tree is uprooted from its roots, as a result of the winds such as the one in the picture.” He told Breakin Israel News that the image was a small, yet powerful manifestation of what the Jews embody, READ MORE
