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Every Tu BiShvat Is a Second Chance
Tu BiShvat, the precursor to Earth Day, should make us alert to our air, water, animals, and foliage – and all that we’re doing to destroy them.
Tu BiShvat: How Israel Has Planted New Seeds in the Jewish Soul
The way we celebrate Tu BiShvat has changed over the years – a case-in-point of how Jewish life and observance has been transformed in our day, due in no small part thanks to the successes of the State of Israel.
What We Can Learn from Ruth and Naomi about Mental Health
Shavuot offers a glimpse at how others in our tradition faced unimaginable and unremitting losses – and were sometimes helped to prevail. There are powerful lessons for us within the story of Naomi and her daughter-in-law Ruth.
(the) Omer
Hebrew Spelling
הָעֹמֶר
The 49-day period that begins on the second night of Passover and ends on Shavuot.
Shavuot
Hebrew Spelling
שָׁבוּעוֹת
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Shavuos
"Weeks;" festival that commemorates the giving of the Torah to Moses atop Mt. Sinai.
Tu BiShvat
Hebrew Spelling
ט"וּ בִּשְׁבָט
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Tu BiSh'vat
Tu Besh'vat
"15th of Shevat;" New Year of the Trees; Jewish Arbor Day, which is a minor festival.
Yizkor
Hebrew Spelling
יִזְכֹּר
"Remember;" memorial service held on Yom Kippur and on the last day of Pesach, Shavout, and Sukkot.