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Chosen Eats: Turn Up the Heat on Tu BiShvat with Spiced Nuts
Tu BiShvat, which begins at sundown on January 25th, is coming at a perfect time. My annual resolution to eat healthier got off to a...
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Tu BiShvat: A Time for Cherry Pie & Canned Peaches
We like to celebrate just about every holiday with music. (Yes, even Yom Kippur has some gorgeous melodies.) Tu BiShvat, which begins on the evening...
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The New Year of the Trees
By Sharon Cores Lead Teacher at the Jewish Preschool of Lexington In Israel at the end of January, the almond trees are beginning to burst...
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How Do YOU Celebrate Tu BiShvat?
Tu BiShvat, the Jewish New Year of the Trees, is one of those quasi-holidays that Jewish communities love to grab on to. It falls in...
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Celebrating Tu BiShvat Israeli-Style
By Teachers Sharon Dadon and Amy Gilman and Director Johanna PerlinTemple Shalom Nursery School in Newton Tu BiShvat, also called “New Year of the Trees,”...
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Time, space, and trees that have birthdays
We humans seem to become part of a landscape wherever we are planted, to wear it like a garment or a skin, to possess, and...
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It is a Tree of Life for All to See and Treasure
One of my most treasured memories is planting a dried lima bean in a small, cardboard milk container I filled with black dirt. My kindergarten...
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Tu B'sh-what?
"I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree." - Joyce Kilmer So today during Hebrew School we had our...
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Tu BiShvat 101: The Changing Meaning of Trees
Jewish holidays have a funny way of changing over time. New eras bring new significance to ancient holidays. Perhaps there's no holidays that exemplifies this...
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Tu BiShvat Eats: The Seven Species & a Mini Muffin Recipe
Until very recently, I knew next to nothing about Tu BiShvat. Upon hearing a friend's reminder that it was the "New Year for the Trees,"...
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