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We have created activities for you and or your family to participate in, at your own pace between January 9 - 23.

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Tu Bi'Shevat Resources

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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.

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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.

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Find everything you need to learn about and celebrate Tu B’Shevat with kids.

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Honi Comes Full Circle

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Tu B'shvat Tale: Honi Comes Full Circle for the Jewish Birthday of the Trees

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A Kids Guide to Tu Bi'Shevat

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A fun and educational game that teaches kids how to sort trash in order to be mindful of the environment.

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Clean your items before recycling. One dirty item can spoil an entire bin. If it can't be cleaned, throw it away.

Check the guidelines by your local waste treatment facility to see which items they accept. Not all facilites can accept the same things.

Some items that aren't accepted by curbside pickup can still be recycled at special facilities. Look up local drop-off locations for things like batteries and plastic grocery bags.

All parts of an item must be compostable for it to be composted. Veggies mixed with meat or paper towel used with cleaning chemicals should be thrown away.

Check whether an item is made of natural or synthetic materials. Cork, for example, is compostable, but some wine bottles use synthetic corks. Tea bags are also sometimes compostable, but not always.

Backyard compost bins or heaps will differ from municipial compost facilites in two key ways:

Municipal heaps get much hotter. This means they can break down more items such as meat and compostable plastics.

Backyard heaps are more susceptible to pests. Bread and rice are a bad idea in a backyard heap, but can usually be accepted by drop-off services.

Always check the guidelines off your drop-off service to see what they accept.

This small game can't cover everything. Below are some links to learn more. I am not affilliated with these sites, but I found them helpful in making this game and living a greener life.

Remember, the first steps in making a difference are refuse, reduce, and reuse. Proper waste sorting is important, but it is far better to create less waste in the first place.

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Learn to sort your compost and recycling!

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Clean your items before recycling. One dirty item can spoil an entire bin. If it can't be cleaned, throw it away. Check the guidelines by your local waste treatment facility to see which items they accept. Not all facilites can accept the same things.

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A Jewish New Year for the Trees - Really?

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A simple Seder for Tu Bi'Shevat

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Jamie Geller

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Help yourself to our Tu B'Shevat recipes. Click here for the Ultimate Tu B'Shevat Holiday Guide featuring menus, crafts, tablescapes, gift guides, holiday

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Tu Bi'Shevat

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Tu Bishvat Archives | My Jewish Learning

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Explore Jewish Life and Judaism at My Jewish Learning, a trans-denominational website of information about Judaism. Visit us today!

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Read-Aloud Book

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Planting Parsley - a Tu B'Shevat Read Aloud

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Hazon - the Jewish Lab for Sustainability

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Tu B'Shvat Haggadah

Tu B'Shvatis an ancient celebration of the new year for trees. It has changed and evolved over twenty centuries, and has never been more vital or significant than it is today. We live in an era in which sustainable forestry is more widely practiced than ever before, yet deforestation is a powerful driver of climate change and loss of biodiversity. Trees play important roles in some of the most challenging environmental issues of our time, and the way we use them is important, even in ways you might not expect. For a simple example: saving paper does not just "save trees," but also prevents burning fossil fuels in transportation and processing.

Hazon's Haggadot offer thoughts and ideas to help you celebrate Tu B'Shvat in your home or community. The texts, questions, activities, and suggestions can serve as guides for viewing Tu B'Shvat through fresh eyes and recontextualizing traditions.

Tu B'Shvat Haggadah: Hazon Seder and Sourcebook

The 2021 Tu B'Shvat haggadah offers thoughts and ideas to help you celebrate the new year for trees in your home or community.

Our new haggadah features the outline for a full seder including blessings over wine and symbolic foods, as well as a variety of thematic activities and discussion topics. The 2021 Haggadah uniquely focuses on the crises we have faced over the last 12 months including racial injustice and the climate crisis.

Download a free copy of the 2021 haggadah

The 2020 Tu B'Shvat haggadah offers thoughts and ideas to help you celebrate the new year for trees in your home or community. This Haggadah uniquely focuses on the science and data around forestation and the role trees play in sustaining a healthy planetary ecosystem while mitigating climate change.

Download a free copy of the 2020 haggadah
The 2019 Tu B'Shvat haggadah features the blessings on wine and symbolic foods, various thematic activities, as well as four sets of texts focusing on our relationship with food, trees, the land of Israel, and the wider world. Since Martin Luther King Jr. Day falls on Tu B'Shvat this year, the final section adds a social justice component featuring excerpts from Dr. King's teachings.
Download a free copy of the 2019 haggadah

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Tu B'Shvat is an ancient celebration of the new year for trees. It has changed and evolved over twenty centuries, and has never been more vital or significant than it is today. We live in an era in which sustainable forestry is more widely practiced than ever before, yet deforestation is a powerful driver of climate change and loss of biodiversity.

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BimBam

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What is Tu B'shevat? The Jewish Tree Holiday

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Read-Aloud Book

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The Giving Tree - Animated Children's Book

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The Blue Dove Foundation

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Tu Bi'Shevat Parody

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Tu B'Shvat song - Get out and Plant a Tree - a new parody by Jewish a cappella music group Shir Soul

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A Song for Tu Bi'Shevat

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A Song about Trees