As Israel’s short spring comes to an end and the winter rains become memories, the landscape changes its hues from luscious greens to shades of yellow and brown. Although it may seem as though the drying vegetation has little to offer, a closer look brings with it the promise of things to come.
In Hebrew the word ‘hanata‘ (I’m afraid I can’t think of a direct English translation – can you?) means the process of a flower turning into a fruit and at present we are surrounded by ‘hanatim’ –the small fruits which are the beginnings of a later summer feast.
