Tu B’Shevat

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Tu B’Shevat



What is Tubshevat and why is it so early?

The 15th day of the Hebrew month of Shevat, known as Tu

b'Shevat, is the New Year for Trees

The rainy season in !srael, whi"h starts on the festival

of Sukkot !t takes four months for the rains to saturate

the soil, nurture the trees and "oa# them into $rodu"in%

fruit



Why is it "elebrated

To "al"ulate the a%e of the trees for tithin%

Trees a%e on the day of Tu Bshevat

&ev '()*+*-, states that fruit from trees may not be

eaten during the first three years. the fourth year/s fruit

is for 0d, and after that, you "an eat the fruit Tu Bshevat is not mentioned in the Torah !t is mentioned

in the 1ishnah, but there is a disa%reement as to the date

http://www.jewfaq.org/defs/g-d.htm

http://www.jewfaq.org/defs/g-d.htm



2ustoms

3at a new fruit

3at wheat, barley, %ra$es 4vines5, fi%s, $ome%ranates,

olives or dates

6lant a tree

Have a seder



Bro"hah on 7ruit

Baruch Atah A-donay, Elo-heinu elech ha'!lam borei "ri

ha-et#$

!f tastin% a fruit for the first time in its season, re"ite

the Shehecheyanu blessin% before sayin% the fruit

blessin%)

Ba-ruch A-tah Ado-nai E-lo-he-nu e-lech ha-olam she-

heche-ya-nu ve-%i-yi-ma-nu ve-higi-a-nu li#-man ha-#eh



1ore on the Tu B’Shevat Seder

8 relatively new "ustom

!nvented by 9abaalists to dis"uss the symbolism of fruit

and tress

1ore "ommon amon% Se$hardim, but is now startin% to

"at"h amon% 8shkena:im

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Symbolism of 7ruit and Trees

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8dam and 3ve erred by eatin% from the Tree of 9nowled%e

of 0ood and 3vil To "orre"t this mistake, we eat our fruit

today with $ure intentions, as if from the Tree of &ife

8ish

Trees are at the $inna"le of the $lant world, whi"h

transforms the earth from a barren and lifeless mass intoan environment "a$able of su$$ortin% other forms of life

su"h as animals and humans We find this e#$ressed in the

1idrash Sifrei) @Athe $hrase /be"ause a man is a tree of

the field/ tea"hes that the life of man is from the tree@

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The e&Am oe# 4an 1(th and 1)th century

Bible "ommentator5 writes) @1an/s life is de$endent on

trees, and the tree is so im$ortant for the e#isten"e of the

world that the sa%es established a s$e"ial blessin% for

those who %o out in Athe Hebrew month of Nisan and see

blossomin% fruit$rodu"in% trees AThe blessin% says/nothin% is la"kin% from His world and He "reated %ood

"reations and %ood trees for the benefit of man/@



Dther Symbolism

Yishuv Ha’aret: 4Settlin% the land5

Eoots

Sustainability

0rowth

!mmortality as a $eo$le

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