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Celebrate the Environment with a
Tu B'Shevat Seder
By Suzan Berns
The increasing interest in preserving the environment and ecology has prompted a rediscovery of the Tu B’Shevat Seder, an ancient Jewish custom created by mystical kabbalists some 500 years ago in Safed to celebrate the Jewish New Year for the trees.
Tu B’Shevat, named for the date on which it occurs – the 15th (tu) of the Jewish month of Shevat – is considered the Jewish Arbor Day. It generally falls between mid-January and mid-February on our calendar. It is celebrated in Israel, where the climate is mild and when the rainy season is just completed, with the planting of trees. This year it occurs at sunset on Sunday, February 8... [continued] |
