Kehila Kedosha Janina E-Newsletter – February 2019

Dear Friends of Kehila Kedosha Janina,
Wishing everyone a joyous Tu B’Shevat, a minor Jewish holiday, this year beginning on January 20th at
sundown. «The New Year of the Trees» is one of four «New Years» mentioned in the Mishnah. The earliestblooming trees in Israel are emerging from their winter sleep and beginning a new fruit-bearing cycle. The holiday is often celebrated in Romaniote and Sephardic Greek Jewish communities with a festive Tu B’Shevat Seder during which we eat of the seven species which the Torah praises: figs, dates, pomegranates, olives, grapes, wheat and barley, and nuts, especially pistachios! May your trees bear fruit and may your families and communities enjoy peace and prosperity in 2019.