Join us as we taste different fruits and explore the lessons the trees and fruits teach us!
TuBishvat
Celebration
Sunday, Feb. 5, 6:00pm
230 West Manhattan Ave.
FREE.
The 15th day of the Hebrew month of Shevat is known as TuBiShvat
, the New Year for Trees.
It has to do with the rainy season in Israel, which commences with the festival of Sukkot. It takes four months for the rains to saturate the soil, nurture the trees and coax them into producing fruit.
This is important to know if you are planning to give your tithes of fruits, as is done in the Land of Israel, because the required tithes vary from year to year. It’s also important if you are a tree and looking for something to celebrate.
We humans can also celebrate along with the trees. After all, the Torah says, "A person is [like] a tree of the field." We are nurtured by deep roots, as far back as Abraham and Sarah; we reach upwards to the heavens while standing firmly on the ground; and when we do all this right, we produce fruits that benefit the worldâ€"namely, our good deeds.
We celebrate by eating fruit on this day, especially those Israel is blessed with: olives, dates, grapes, figs and pomegranates.
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