Hi,
"Rabbi Chiyya bar Lulyani taught: What is the meaning of the biblical sentence (Psalms 92), 'A righteous person will flower like a date tree, he will grow tall like a cedar of Lebanon?' If the appropriate comparison is to a date tree, why introduce a cedar? If the appropriate comparison is to a cedar, why introduce a date tree?
"Had the passage only mentioned a cedar tree, I would have said that a righteous person will not necessarily produce fruit, just as a cedar does not produce [edible] fruit. Therefore, the date tree is mentioned.
"Had the verse only mentioned a date tree, I would have said that a righteous person will not regrow after he falls, just as a date tree does not regenerate after it is chopped back. Therefore, the cedar is mentioned."
(Talmud, Bava Batra 80b)
Have a great day,
Mordechai
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