Today
is “Jewish Arbor Day”—also called the New Year for Trees.
Just
as we have a calendar New Year (for most of us, January 1), a school
new year (perhaps a date in September), and a fiscal new year (often
July 1), Jewish people have Rosh Hashanah (“Jewish New Year”) but
also a separate new year for trees. Rather than counting a tree's age
from the date it sprouted, with every tree adding another year to its
age on the anniversary of that sprouting, the Jewish people move all
trees up in age by one year each Tu B'Shevat.
Some Jews who observe this holiday eat fruit grown on trees, or perhaps eat pilaf made with the Seven Species listed in the Bible as being abundant in Israel: wheat, barley, grapes, figs, pomegranates, olives, and dates. Some people plant a tree to celebrate Tu B'Shevat.
Here
are some Arbor Day resources:
puzzles, mazes, coloring pages, and worksheets.
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| Trees are amazing things. Some people work with them as they grow to make them take on certain shapes. |
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| Bonsai is one example. The bonsai artist tries to grow a miniature replica of a large tree. |
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| What do you think of this "tree person"? |
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| This "crooked forest" was probably the beginnings of someone's project that has been abandoned. |
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