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Program: Tu Bishvat Seder The following program, a Tu B'Shvat seder, contains the elements of the other seder we are familiar with on Passover, with readings, wine, food (this time fruit!) and discussion. It also includes nature-related activities appropriate to Tu B'Shvat, like planting trees. WUJS offers two Tu B'Shvat Seders, the one that this page introduces below, and a more full Haggadat Tu B'Shvat. Feel free to adapt and add portions to create one Tu B'Shvat Seder which suits your student participants, combining this resource and that offered . Aims:
To celebrate Tu B'Shvat To learn about some of the customs of Tu B'Shvat and to create your own. Materials:
Copies of Appendix 1, an environmentally aware Tu B'Shvat Seder. Wine (white, red), grapes, figs, cranberries, carob, olives, dates, plums, apples, almonds, pomegranates, oranges, etrog and bananas. Method:
PART A - the Tu B'Shvat Seder
Read through the Tu B'Shvat Seder (Appendix 1) and discuss the questions at the end. The following Tu B'Shvat seder includes sections from the seder that were written by Stephanie Freedman and Sheri Gugenheim 1995. The following is the "bare bones" of a Tu B'Shvat seder. Feel to add your own poetry or readings that deal with Judaism or nature. PART B - how it relates to us
One of the associations that one can make to the festival of Tu B'Shvat is that of the environment. There are many different activities and ideas that can be brainstormed in relation to the environment. Below there is a short list of a couple of small and easy ways that we can all contribute to enhance the environment that surrounds us. The ideas are taken from www.socialaction.com Write it u p and discuss ways in which people can contribute to bettering our environment. Take Action
On Tu B'Shvat, we can do more than appreciate and celebrate the Earth's natural cycles--we can take action. By reducing paper use and recycling in our homes, synagogues, schools, and workplaces, we can limit further depletion of creation. Reduce
Use e-mail instead of paper memos and reduce the number of messages that you print out. Set the default switch on your photocopier to double-sided or attach a friendly reminder on the machine. Avoid making a habit of using disposable plates and utensils. Reuse
Reuse paper that is clean on one side for in-house drafts, notes and photocopies. Conduct research online and at libraries rather than ordering lots of written materials. Share periodicals with associates instead of receiving multiple copies, and make newspapers available in common areas. Recycle and Buy Recycled
Recycle office paper, newspapers, cardboard, magazines, colored paper and scrap wood. Buy copier paper, paper towels, tissues, and toilet paper with at least 50 percent "post-consumer recycled content." The higher the post-consumer content, the greater the amount of materials that have been through the entire recycling process--and the greater the savings of precious natural resources and energy. Also on the WUJS site:
More Tu Bishvat Activities.
More Jewish Activities on various topics.
The very basics on the New Year for Trees.
This year's dates for Tu Bishvat can be found in our Jewish Calendar.
Elsewhere on the web:
Resources and Activities on Tu Bishvat from the Jewish Agency - Pedagogic Center
Background on Tu Bishvat from the Jewish Agency - Pedagogic Center
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