eSefarad Noticias del Mundo Sefaradi
Wishing all our friends a Happy and Healthy 2021. May we all get back to a new normal and move past the sadness that 2020 brought into our lives. In January, in the Hebrew calendar, we celebrate Tu B’Shevat, the Jewish “New Year for Trees.” On Tu B’Shevat Jews often eat fruits associated with the Holy Land, especially the ones mentioned in the Torah. Tu B’Shevat (which is a transliteration of ‘the fifteenth of Shevat’) is the Hebrew date specified as the new year for trees. The Torah praises seven ‘fruits’ in particular: wheat, barley, grapes, figs, pomegranates, olives and dates. This year the Holiday will begin on the evening of January 27 and end after sundown on the evening of January 28.
This month’s E-Newsletter is sponsored by Roslyn Vitoulis Honan in memory of Rabbi Bernard Honan and in honor of the children and grandchildren of Roslyn and Bernard: Sara and Charlie, Michael, Roxanne, Rachel and Benjamin and Lydia. We thank Roslyn for her generous donation.
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