Tu B'Shevat

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Tu B'Shevat is the New Year of the Trees!
In the Middle Ages, Tu B'Shevat was celebrated with a feast of fruits in keeping with the Mishnaic description of the holiday as a "New Year." In the 16th century, the kabbalist Rabbi Yitzchak Luria of Safed and his disciples instituted a Tu B'Shevat seder in which the fruits and trees of the Land of Israel were given symbolic meaning. The main idea was that eating ten specific fruits and drinking four cups of wine in a specific order while reciting the appropriate blessings would bring human beings, and the world, closer to spiritual perfection.
In Israel, the kabbalistic Tu Bishvat seder has been revived, and is now celebrated by many Jews, religious and secular. Special haggadot have been written for this purpose.

Tu B’Shevat Seder with Temple Sinai and the Kabbalah Experience
Tuesday, February 7, 7 pm, at the HEA
Cost: $5, open to the community
Join us as we try to expand our understanding of our relationship with the physical world through kabbalistic interpretations of Tu B’Shevat, the new year for the trees. The seder will include dried fruits and nuts, bread and soup.
>> RSVP to Naomi Kirshner or call 303-758-9400 x213. Payment in advance greatly appreciated.


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