Tu Bishvat customs
The 7 Species
The 7 Species and their connection to Jewish holidays
Say it in Hebrew

ODDS & ENDS


100

What children in Israel do on Tu Bishvat?

What is plant trees

100

 רִמוֹן  

What is Pomegranate

100

We use the wheat for__________

 Baking Challah for Shabbat, Round Challah on Rosh Hashanah and Matzah on Passover

100

What is tree?

 אִילָן/ עֵץ

100

Tu Bishvat is also called_________


The Birthday of the trees

200

What American children do instead of planting trees?

What is donate money to plant trees in Israel

200

  גֶפֶן  

What is  the Vine or grapes

200

Making it out of vine and use it for_______

 It is wine. We use  for Kiddush on Shabbat and all the Jewish holidays 

200

What is fruit?

פְּרִי

200

This tree is the first to bloom in Israel


Almond tree

300

The Tu Bishvat song, Hashkediyah Porachat is about this tree

What is the almond tree

300

  זֵיתִים 

What are Olives?

300

We eat pomegranate on these holidays

Tu Bishvat and Rosh Hashanah

300

What is earth?


אֲדָמָה

300

Tu Bishvat  is falls on the 15th of this Hebrew month

שְׁבָט

400

These are traditionally eaten on Tu Bishvat

What are Shivat Haminim,  the 7 species of Israel

400

In the Torah, the dates are also called______

What is Honey? (דְבָש )

400

 Olive oil played an important role on this holiday

  Chanukkah 

400

What is leaf?


עָלֶה

400

A Hebrew boy’s name which means “tree”

אִילָן

500

The Kabbalists of the 16th century added this to Tu Bishvat

What is the Tu Bishvat Seder

500

It is how do we say ‘Seven Species’ in Hebrew?

 שִׁבְעַת הַמִּינִים  

500

 What do we call the  date palm's frond  (leaf)  we use on one of the fall Jewish holidays?

 Lulav on Sukkot

500

What is root?


שׁוֹרֶשׁ

500

This fruit is alternative to  chocolate

What is Carob?