General
What does Shivat HaMinim mean?
The 7 species of plants/trees mentioned in the Torah that are found in Israel
Name 4 things that we traditionally eat on Tu B'shevat
Dates, figs, pomegranates, olives, dried fruit from Israel
How many cups of grape juice/wine are drank at the Tu B'shevat seder?
4
Tree.
What is עץ?
The Shivat HaMinim include 5 fruits and what else?
wheat and barley
This organization plants trees in Israel
Jewish National Fund
This beverage receives a different blessing than all other beverages.
wine
תאנה
What is fig in Hebrew?
2,000 years ago, Tu B'Shevat marked the beginning of the year for this.
What is agricultural planting and growth
The 5 fruit of the shevat haminim
What are grapes, figs, pomegranates, olives, and dates.
Many Israelis do this on Tu B'Shevat.
plant trees
We say the shehehiyanu blessing over these fruits.
A new fruit that we have not eaten yet during the year
One interpretation of why Tu B'Shevat is a new year.
because it marks the forming of fruit on the trees and start of spring/and the growing season
We make oil out of this fruit of the Shivat HaMinim.
What are olives?
What weather type is related to Tu B'shevat?
rain or the rainy season
This fruit is traditionally eaten during Rosh HaShanah and Tu B'shevat.
the pomegranate
Shabbat Shirah is a special Shabbat around Tu B'Shevat when we read the Torah parashah about this.
When the Israelites crossed the Red Sea
Which of the Shivat HaMinim gives us honey?
dates
This founder of modern Zionism first inspired young Jews to plant trees in 1898
Theodor Herzl
This is the first food eaten at the Tu B'shevat Seder.
A food made of wheat