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Just plain Rivka's avatar

How do you say “tree” in Hebrew? Eitz. עץ

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You don't have to be Jewish to move to Israel; you just can't be naturalized under the Law of Return.

Fig is t'einah, so fig tree is eitz hat'einah. (ei=long a, as in late). The apostrophe is a shwa (sh'va in Hebrew).