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Friday, January 15, 2016
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Rabbi Rachel Bearman
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Religious School Director

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Kim O'Rielly

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Religious School Schedule:
 
No Religious School Sunday January 17th - Thursday January 21st

Classes resume Sunday January 24


Religious School Tu B'Shevat Celebration
Sunday January 24
 
Tu B'Shevat is on its way!  This is the season in which the earliest-blooming trees in the Land of  Israel emerge from their winter sleep and begin a new fruit-bearing cycle.
 It is a time when we celebrate all the work that trees do for us. They provide us with oxygen, food, shelter, and much more. 

 
Volunteers needed: Please be on the lookout for an email from your child's teacher. 


Religious School Book Fair

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
 
Contact:
Diane Brown dbrown6789@aol.com 
or Jennifer Haynos edadmin@templebnaichaim.org


Save the Date!
Family Service 
Friday, February 5th
 
We will start with a kid-friendly pre-neg
Pizza and veggies at 6 p.m.,
 
 Followed by the Family service at 6:30 p.m.

 

Tu BiSh'vat: Customs and Rituals

Even the trees get a new year of their own!
ReformJudiasm.org
In Israel, another new year will soon be celebrated.  Tu BiSh'vat, the "New Year of the Trees," is observed on the fifteenth day of the Hebrew month of Sh'vat.
Tu BiSh'vat is not mentioned in the Torah. According to scholars, the holiday was originally an agricultural festival, corresponding to the beginning of spring in Israel. As in the case with many Jewish observances, a critical historical event served as a catalyst. After the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 C.E. and the exile that followed, many Jews felt a need to bind themselves symbolically to their former homeland. Tu BiSh'vat served in part to fill that spiritual need. As it was no longer possible to bring tithes to the Temple, Jews used this time each year to eat a variety of fruits and nuts that could be obtained from Palestine. The practice, a sort of physical association with the land, continued for many centuries.
The sixteenth and seventeenth century kabbalists (mystics) of Palestine elaborated on the exilic customs, creating a ritual for Tu BiSh'vat somewhat similar to the Passover seder.
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