Here at my house, we’ve been known to lose track of Jewish holidays. Especially those Jewish holidays our parents are unlikely to call and remind us about. So I thought that perhaps everyone might benefit from a little reminder that Tu B’Shevat (The New Year for the Trees) is right around the corner. It’s February 3rd this year (or the 15th of Shevat, depending on how you keep track).
Now please, if you had completely forgotten about it… don’t FREAK OUT! There’s still plenty of time to stock up on lots of fruit.
Why fruit?
Maybe you’ve never celebrated Tu B’Shevat before… lots of people don’t. But it’s a fun holiday, with no fasting or rules about going to synagogue or anything… so you might want to give it a whirl. Plenty of folks just go hiking (as a way of appreciating nature) or they work in the garden (if it’s warm enough).
But some people host a Seder for the holiday, like at Passover, and it seems a fine tradition, started in Tsfat, in the 1600s, by Yitzchak Luria to evoke the holiday's Kabbalistic themes.
Now I’m not up on my kabbalistic themes, but I like holidays that involve drinking four different kinds of wine.
Anyone out there have any meaningful (or useful or silly) holiday tips for us?
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