[REPLAY] Ground Yourself this Tu B'Shevat and Beyond — The Power of Connecting to the Earth with Neve's Yehudit Refson

About this episode

In this episode, Alex Segal interviews Yehudit Refson about the significance of Tu B'Shevat and the transformative power of connecting with nature.

This episode originally aired on February 10, 2025 (but it's just as relevant today!) Enjoy the replay as we begin Tu B'Shevat tonight. -- Welcome back to another episode of The Chai on Life Podcast. I’m Alex Segal and if you're anything like me, Tu B’Shevat is kind of a holiday you acknowledge, but maybe gloss over on a deeper level. This year, I am putting a stop to it. Yehudit Refson ( ⁠@the_jerusalem_farmhouse⁠ ) is the director of grounds, arts and renovations at Neve Yerushalayim. She is an amazing person who has totally transformed Neve’s campus in the time since she moved over there. We actually did an ⁠interview⁠ nearly four years ago for the Chai on Life website which I am linking in the show notes where you can learn more about how and why she got into the entire gardening journey and how she transformed the earth into a space that was beautiful already, but now is bursting with plant and animal life. Now, the girls at Neve don’t just learn Torah inside the classroom, they really enhance their learning outside of it. Instead of just learning about shemitta, they’re living it with the plants around them. On Rosh Hashanah, they’re touching actual pomegranates and other…

People in this episode

Host: Alex Segal

Guest: Yehudit Refson

Topics covered

• Tu B'Shevat
• gardening
• spirituality
• Torah learning
• nature connection

Keywords

• Tu B'Shevat
• gardening
• spirituality
• Neve Yerushalayim
• Yehudit Refson

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Neve Yerushalayim

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