(The sunflower and the Jerusalem artichoke; August 2007)
How was your olive day? Tales and confusion of the white squill
(Identity and symbolism of ‘chatzav’; August 2007, revised September 2024)
Rav Kook plants a tree
(On the religious significance of planting trees in Israel; March 2007)
May your children be like olive trees
(Metaphor of the olive tree in Psalm 128; March 2007)
Leket (gleaning)—An ancient commandment revived
(Gleaning and modern agricultural technology; March 2007)
The olive tree, the post-Chanukah period, and Jewish unity
(Why the menorah became the symbol of Chanukah; January 2007)
Peter Rabbit and Hollywood–the Passover connection
(Use of lettuce as maror; January, 2007)