Tu B'Shevat
Tu B'Shevat (which literally means the 15th day of the Jewish month Shevat) celebrates the rebirth of the natural world in spring with a festive meal (a seder) of symbolic foods and cups of wine. We celebrate the holiday as an environmental awareness day to recall our ethical obligations to care for the planet and its inhabitants.
Tu B’Shevat Family Fruit Seder
Sunday, February 5, 10:45am
Our Sunday School Tu B’Shevat Seder celebrates the cycling of the seasons, our connections to the natural world, and a delicious variety of foods that grow on trees and in the land of Israel.
Families also bring non-perishable food items to benefit a local food pantry as part of our commitment to the Jewish tradition of community service (tikkun olam) and our humanistic belief that people have the responsibility for solving our shared problems.
Adult Tu B’Shevat Seder
As part of a Friday evening Shabbat service, Rabbi Chalom leads an adult Tu B’shevat Seder, where we taste a variety of fruits and sample different wines.
Learn more about:
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Humanistic Tu B’Shevat celebrations on the Society for Humanistic Judaism’s website
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Tu B'shevat: A New Year...For Trees, one in a series of Storytimes sponsored by jBaby Chicago, led by Rabbi Adam Chalom and Education Director Ilana Shaffer (for ages 0-2)
For more information, contact our administrator, Jeremy Owens, at info@KolHadash.com, or 847/383-5184.