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Rabbi Yonah Bookstein: Tu Bishvat Seder: A Kabbalistic Celebration Of Trees

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in Food on 7 February 2012, 14:11

Before there was Earth Day, the Jewish people introduced an "Earth Day" of the full moon of the Jewish month of Shevat. Called Tu Bishvat, the 15th of Shevat, it marks the time of year in Israel when sap begins to flow, giving new life to the trees. Awareness of our dependence on the environment, as represented by Tu Bishvat and other Jewish laws, is an underlying theme in Jewish law and customs all the way to ancient time. This year, Tu Bishvat, also called by the Mishna the New Year for the... Continue reading »

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