Chaste Tree: Violet Green of Self-Returning

The chaste tree reveals its violet green of self-returning in every leaf, inviting the soul to turn inward through scent, silence, and the rhythms of ancient land.

When God created patience…

They say that when God created patience, He didn’t write it in books.

He planted a tree.

Thin, resilient, with violet flower clusters, smelling of incense and rain on stone.

And He gave it a name that would become a whisper through time:

Abraham’s Tree.

A memory of the one who did not retreat

This plant is like Abraham. Not proud, not loud.

But it stands.

Waits.

It blooms when others have long faded.

People used to say: “Whoever plants a vitex believes not in tomorrow, but in the day after tomorrow.”

Because it does not grow fast. But it grows forever.

The legend at the foot of Mount Moriah

They say that when Abraham led Isaac up Mount Moriah to fulfill the command, a bush with silvery-green leaves grew along the path.

It bloomed as if it knew nothing.

But when the angel stopped Abraham’s hand,

and the ram appeared, caught in the thicket—

it was vitex.

And ever since, they have called it Abraham’s Tree — a symbol of choosing faith over fear.

In the tradition of Israel

Abraham’s Tree was used by women to restore balance of body and spirit.

In ancient times, infusions from its berries helped regulate the cycle, and with it —

inner harmony.

It was known as the “tree of feminine wisdom.”

On the holiday of Tu BiShvat, the New Year of Trees, it was planted not for fruit, but for meaning:

patience, purity, loyalty.

Kabbalah: when a tree speaks with Netzach

In Kabbalah, this tree is connected with the sefirah Netzach — endurance, eternal movement through obstacles.

It does not blaze like Chesed.

It does not shine like Chokhmah.

But it is like a path.

Slow. Steady. Deep.

Its scent is not a call. It is a reminder:

“Wait. And at the right time, everything will bloom.”

Philosophy of wind and color

Vitex flowers are violet — the color of spirit, solitude, the border between earth and heaven.

It grows in silence, but near it you seem to hear the questions you usually fear to ask:

- Are you ready to wait, even if no one sees how hard you try?

- Can you stay true even when you don’t understand why?

- Do you believe in goodness — not because it’s easy, but because it’s right?

And if one day you are tired — go where the vitex blooms.

It won’t hug you.

Won’t speak.

But it will simply be near.

And you will understand:

sometimes, to remain yourself,

you only need — to bloom.

🕊️ This plant is part of the Talei Or path.

It appears in Course 1 of our online journey — a step toward scent, soul, and land.

Discover the course →