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ט"ו בשבט

ט"ו בשבט הינו תאריך בלוח השנה העברי המציין את ראש השנה לאילנות. יום זה הוא תאריך קובע לגבי כמה מצוות הקשורות בפירות האילן, כגון ערלה ותרומות מעשרות . כיום, מצוין ט"ו בשבט גם כמעין חג טבע, ורבים מציינים אותו בנטיעת עצים ובעיסוק בענייני איכות הסביבה. מלמדים על אקולוגיה בבית הספר ביום זה והתלמידים יוצאים לפעילויות אקולוגיות.

ביום זה נהוג לאכול מהפירות של ארץ ישראל, ויש הנוהגים אף לערוך "סדר ט"ו בשבט".מועד הפיכתו של ט"ו בשבט לחג, אינו ברור.יש המשערים כי זה היה כבר בתקופת המשנה.

בט"ו בשבט מרבים באכילת פירות מתוך שבעת המינים של ארץ ישראל, ובפרט פירות יבשים ומגוון אגוזים כגון תאנים, תמרים, צימוקים, חרובים ושקדים.מקור המסורת לאכול פירות יבשים הוא דווקא בכך שבעבר, בטרם היו אמצעי קירור, זוהי הייתה הדרך היחידה בה יהודי הגולה יכלו לאכול מפירות ארץ ישראל בחג.

סדר ט"ו בשבט הוא מסורת אשר התגבשה על ידי חכמי צפת במאה ה-17 כדי להנחיל את אהבת הארץ ליהודי הגולה ולזרז את הגאולה. לפיו אוכלים שלושים מיני פירות, שותים ארבע כוסות יין אדום ולבן ואומרים קטעים מהמקורות, המבטאים את ההקבלה בין צמיחתו של העץ לבין שיבת העם לארצו, בין תחייתו של הטבע לתחיית העם, וכן יש בכך סמל לתיקון האדם, בבחינת "כי האדם הוא עץ השדה". גם כיום ישנם רבים החוגגים את ט"ו בשבט בארוחה חגיגית תוך כדי קריאת הגדה מיוחדת לחג.‏

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Tu Bishvat

Tu Bishvat is a date on the Hebrew calendar that marks the new year of the trees. This day is a set date for several commandments relating to tree fruits, such as "Orlah" and "Maaser Ani" ("crop donations"). Nowadays, Tu Bishvat is also mentioned as a kind of a nature holiday, and many commemorate it by planting trees and dealing with ecological issues. Ecology is taught in schools on this day, and the students take part in ecological activities.

On this day, it is customary to eat of the fruits of Israel, and some even hold a Tu Bishvat "seder" ("festive meal"). It is unclear when Tu Bishvat was turned into a holiday, but some presume it was in the period of the Mishnah.

On Tu Bishvat, people eat many fruits of the seven species of Israel and specifically dry fruits and assorted nuts such as figs, dates, raisins, carobs, and almonds. The source of the tradition of eating dry fruits is actually because in the past, before cooling measures existed, it was the only way by which the Jews of the exile could eat from the fruits of Israel during the holiday.

The Tu Bishvat "seder" is a tradition that was formed by the sages of Tzfat in the seventeenth century in order to endow the love of Israel to the Jews of the exile and to accelerate redemption. According to it, you should eat three species of fruits, drink four glasses of red and white wine, and speak sections from the Bible that express the parallelism between the growth of the tree and the return of the people to its land and between the resurrection of nature and the resurrection of the people and the improvement of man because "man is like the tree of the field." Even today, many celebrate Tu Bishvat by having a festive feast while reading a special "haggada" for the holiday.

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