a story about a tree inspired by “the giving tree”, sheldon silverstein
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A story about a tree
Inspired by “The giving tree”, Sheldon Silverstein
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Once there was a tree.It reached age 70 and its branches grew very high.
But the tree wanted to reach heaven
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One day it was cut down together with many other trees, but only those that were allowed to be cut according to the European standards for forestry protection
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It was cut into boards that were dried in the pleasant breezes on the coast of the Adriatic Sea
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It waited in the harbor for a long time
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And finally it traveled across the Sea
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Until it reached the Port of Haifa, in the Land of Israel
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Loaded on a long truck it arrived at Kibbutz Lavi in the Galilee,
entering the wood storehouse of Lavi Furniture Industries
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After a time, it was closed up for one week in a sealed room where it went through a controlled process of slow drying, until the moisture of the wood was about 8%.
The process also killed insects and fungi, without use of chemicals.
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It was then cut into small pieces, keeping it from changing its form for many years.
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From now on it slowly began a new life:
At first it was glued into stable boards
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It was then processed by a computerized machine that gave it the final form
according to the design that was programmed by professionals in the technical department of the factory
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And was stained in a large industrial spraying machine
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Finally it was assembled, received a cushion and upholstery, and turned into a chair for people to sit on while praying.
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From Lavi it was sent to a synagogue in Israel,or in The U.S.A, Canada, Australia, England, France, Sweden, Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Germany, Brazil, Chile,or to somewhere else in the world
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People were sitting on the chairs while
praying,
and sometimes, at times of Mercy, their
prayers reached as far as heaven
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And the treewas happy