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Tu B’Shevat: Its Significance and Observance

© Pirchei Shoshanim 2006

Despite the fact that Tu B’ Shevat is discussed in both the Mishna and Gemara there is very little information available about the Holiday as well as not having a well defined structure to follow it. In the mid 1500’s the students of the Ari, Rabbi Isaac Luria Ashkenazi zt”l formulated a special Tu B’Shevat Seder that was set up along the lines of the Pesach (Passover) Seder. They wrote a brief pamphlet entitled the Pri Eitz Hadar which offers us a structure that provides a positive and enjoyable way to celebrate this spiritual and meaningful holiday. This is the first stage of the countdown to Pesach which is in exactly 60 days from tonight.

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