Hebrew
What does "Tu" stand for?
Tet=9
Vav=6
Tu=15
According to the mystics, name the 4 different kinds of categories of fruit that we think about on Tu B'Shevat
1. winter: hard exterior (nuts)
2. spring: fruit with pits (soft on outside/pit on inside)
3. summer: whole fruit
4. fall: (can't see/strong smell) - like cedar
What does Tu B'Shevat celebrate?
Birthday/New year of the trees, when Israel officially starts counting the life of each tree
Name three ways you can take care of our environment
recycle, pick up trash, give Tzedakah to environmental orgs
Shevat is the Hebrew month that Tu B'Shevat occurs. Name one other Hebrew month
Tishrei, Cheshvan, Kislev, Tevet, Shevat, Adar, Nisan, Sivan, Iyar, Tammuz, Av, Elul
What are the 7 species of fruit in Israel - listed in the Torah?
"For Adonai your God is bringing you into a good land, a land with streams and springs and fountains issuing from plain and hill; a land of wheat and barley, of vines, figs, and pomegranates, a land of olive trees and honey."
How did Ancient Israelis celebrate Tu B'Shevat?
It began as an agricultural festival in Israel, for farmers to mark the beginning of spring
What does Ba'al Tashchit stand for?
Do not destroy (our earth)
Spell Shevet
shin, vet, tet
What book of the Torah talks about the 7 species of fruit?
Deuteronomy
What is one thing that is typically done in Israel by Jews on Tu B'Shevat?
plant trees!
What's the Hebrew name for Tu B'Shevat?
Chag HaIlanot
What is the blessing for eating fruit from trees?
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְיָ, אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ מֶֽלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, בּוֹרֵא פְּרִי הָעֵץ.
How do you say apple in Hebrew?
tapuach
What is the blessing that we say for fruit that comes from the earth (not trees)?
Baruch Ata Adonai Eloheinu Melech haolam borei p'ri ha'adama?
What would Josh Malina say about Tu B'Shevat?
SEE VIDEO!
How do you say tree in Hebrew?
etz
What's the name of the meal that some Jews have to celebrate Tu B'Shevat?
Tu B'Shevat Seder
Why do we drink 4 cups of wine on Tu B'Shevat and what colors are they?
4 shades of red to represent the 4 seasons
What is the blessing we say for the fruit of the vine?
borei p're hagafen