Tamarisk: Salt Tree and Forgotten Waters

Tamarisk stands as a salt tree of forgotten waters — a presence shaped by wind, memory, and the sea’s slow withdrawal.

When God created a bridge without planks…

They say that when God created spaces of transition —

not doors or walls,

but whispers between “no longer” and “not yet,

”He planted the tamarisk.

A tree that does not call,

but stays nearby.

A tree that does not promise,

but gives shade in the crossing.

It doesn’t lead —

it allows you to walk.

Guardian of threshold places

The tamarisk grows at the border:

between salty soil and fresh spring,

between home and journey,

between solitude and encounter.

It is a tree of waiting without demand.

A passage, not a crossroads.

Thin, flexible, but with deep roots.

It doesn’t ask “Who are you?”

It says:

“I’m with you while you walk.”

Jewish tradition: the tree of Abraham

The sages say:

Abraham planted an eshel — perhaps it was the tamarisk.

By the well.

Where people came and went.

He didn’t build a city.

He planted a tree.

To create a place

where one could become themselves,

in the shade, on the path, in between.

Kabbalah: the crossing through Binah — toward others

In Kabbalah, passage needs Binah —

understanding that gestates,

listening without words.

The tamarisk is not the solution.

It is the setting where solutions are born.

It doesn’t say what to do.

It lets you feel:

“You’re not there yet.

But you are not alone.”

And that — is already light.

Philosophy of co-presence

Its leaves are small.

Its roots are deep.

It does not lead. It accompanies.

It is not the center.

It is the hinge of space,

on which encounter turns.

And if one day you find yourself in between…

not here, not there.

not sure, not ready.

in the desert of feeling and waiting…

go where the tamarisk grows.

It won’t give you advice.

It will give you shade,

and place,

and the chance to walk beside.

And then you will understand:

Sometimes the greatest thing is not to pass through.

But to be with the one who walks.

To be the tree

where breath can return

and you don’t lose yourself between “before” and “after.”

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