“Yasmin” class from Akko and their teacher Margalit

Fogel ,want to share with you the trees in their class

playground and the trees in the class surroundings .

Edit by Efrat Srebro

Ido, Rotem, Hodaya and

the Brosh tree which grows in

the class playground ברוש

cypress

Here are some more big “Brosh trees”

from Akko

Linoy, Yarin and the “Michnaf Nae” tree which grows in the class playground.

מכנף נאהTipuana tipu

Here is a bigger” Michnaf Nae” tree.

The name:

“Michnaf Nae ”

means that its branches are like nice wings

Marom, Adina and Lotem near the

”Klil Hachoresh”

tree in the class playground which is shedding of its leaves

now. כליל החורש

cercis

Lirun, Muchamad and Saar near a big

“Klil Hachoresh” tree in the class yard which is not shedding of its leaves now.

As winter is not so cold this year, the trees got confused:

Some of them are shedding of their leaves and some do

not.

Here is a big “Klil Hachoresh” tree

with its flowers : Spring time in Akko

The Name

”Klil Hachoresh ”

means that it is the most

beautiful tree in the grove.

Look how colorful this tree

is in the spring!

Moriah, Ronen, Avigail, Sapir,Anastasia,Shachar and Margalit, their teacher ,near the Tamar tree which grows in the class playground

Here are the fruits of the Tamar tree (dates)

palmתמר

Here are bigger Tamar trees and the Dates

Our ancestors ate The Tamar

fruits in the dessert and it is part of the seven kinds of

crops in the land of Israel

Itai,Galia, Ravid, Anastasia, Lior, Shaked Dana and Ruv

Near the Dekel trees which grow in the yard of our neighbors .

This tree is a different palm tree Palmדקל-

The Ficus tree which grows on the pathway to our class פיקוסFicus

Here is another big Ficus tree in Akko

The” Izdarechet” tree which grows in our neighbors yard is shedding of its leaves now.

Look at its unique trunk and

fruits! Margosa-איזדרכת

tree

The Olive tree which grows in our neighbors yard is green the whole year

עץ הזית

Olive tree

Here is a bigger and older

“ Olive tree”

Look at its hollow trunk!

Olive tree is considered a holly tree and its olive oil was used in Jerusalem Temple.

The legend says that when the Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed ,all the trees in Israel were very sad and were shedding of their leaves. When they looked at the olive tree they saw that it kept all of its leaves.

The trees asked the olive tree: ”You , the king of the trees, do not think that it is not nice to be happy now while all the other trees are

mourning and shedding of their leaves”?The olive tree answered:

“You are shedding of your leaves so that every one will know that you are sad but my sadness is bigger and it is in my heart . My heart got dried and I have a hole inside my

trunk as my sadness is internal”

 

The “Shkedia tree”We do not have it in our class

playground but it is the tree of “Too Bishvat”

The Blossom of the

Almond tree starts at

“ Too Bishvat”