NATIONAL TREASURE

Hedai Offaim never seems happier than when he is in his orchard, meandering from tree to tree, biting into a fig or whatever is ripe at the time, whilst contemplating this land’s rich bounty. A love of nature he shares with many farmers and agriculturists. What Hedai has that many of the others don’t, is that his agriculture is reinforced by deep spiritualism. He is extraordinarily well-read and has vast knowledge of literature, and both Biblical and religious sources. Like many great communicators he plucks the appropriate quote or saying and sprinkles his conversation with words of poets and sages. He does not use this as weapon to show off, or batter us with his deep and wide knowledge, but it fits most easily into his explanations always in the right place. Appropriate like a sprinkling of water onto a parched house plant.