Tu B’Shevat 9 articles

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Tu B’Shvat in Eretz Yisrael: Insights from OU Israel Program Director Rabbi Sam Shor
Tu B’Shvat in Eretz Yisrael: Insights from OU Israel...
For many North Americans, memories of Tu B’Shvat as school children recall images of (largely unappetizing) dried fruit and JNF tree certificates with stamps. While the holiday’s popularity and creative scope...
Jan 25, 2024
By OU Staff
Tu B’Shevat Recipe: Fresh Fruit Tart with Refreshing Lemon Cream
Tu B’Shevat Recipe: Fresh Fruit Tart with Refreshing Lemon...
Addictive. Enticing. Delicious. A Family Table by Mishpacha Production, ShortCuts videos focus on the food, just the food, in super short and snazzy videos that are as much fun to watch...
Jan 24, 2018
By OU Staff
Tu B’Shevat Recipes
Tu B’Shevat Recipes
Eretz cheetah, u’seorah, gefen, u’te’enah, rimon v’eretz zeit shemen u’devash min hatemarim. Eretz Yisrael is a land of seven species: Wheat, barley, grapes, figs, pomegranates, olive oil and sweet dates. Here...
Jan 29, 2015
By OU Staff
Beshalach: Tu B’Shevat & Shabbat Shira
Beshalach: Tu B’Shevat & Shabbat Shira
Rav Natan of Breslav writes: “Tu B’Shevat is always adjacent to Shabbat Shira, and sometimes it falls on Shabbat Shira itself” – as it does this year (and 30% of all...
Jan 28, 2010
By Asher Meir
Fruitful Offerings From Israel For Tu B’Shevat
Fruitful Offerings From Israel For Tu B’Shevat
Janna Gur recently visited Toronto, Canada and provided a sneak preview of her magnificent new cookbook, The Book of New Israeli Food (Schocken 2008) for Tu bi’Shvat for the Jewish National...
Feb 2, 2009
By Norene Gilletz
Tu B’Shvat: The Green Holiday
Tu B’Shvat: The Green Holiday
After cooking and eating, my favorite pastime is gardening. Since celebrating Tu Bishvat, the Festival of Trees, combines all three, it’s one of my favorite holidays. Some years ago my brother,...
Jan 28, 2009
By Faye Levy
Cooking With Fruit, For Tu B’Shevat
Cooking With Fruit, For Tu B’Shevat
With the month of Shevat here, and Tu B’Shevat soon to come, we will take a look at some different ways to serve fruits; included are two delicious salads and two...
Jan 10, 2008
By Tamar Ansh
“Pan-Pals” Share “Tree-Lightful” Treats for Tu B’Shevat
“Pan-Pals” Share “Tree-Lightful” Treats for Tu B’Shevat
On the 15th of Shevat on the Jewish calendar, we celebrate Tu B’Shevat, the New Year of the Trees. This year Tu B’Shevat falls on Shabbat, February 3rd. It is customary...
Jan 24, 2007
By Norene Gilletz
A Tu B’Shevat Prayer
A Tu B’Shevat Prayer
Sometimes I think I’ve been endowed with an overabundance of feelings. Things often seem to affect me more deeply than they do other people. I used to think this heightened sensitivity...
Feb 8, 2006
By By Yaffa Ganz

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