Talking Trees

This Thursday we celebrate the holiday of Tu Bishvat.  
For more information and ideas on Tu Bisvhat, check out this post.

How did Tu B'Shevat get its name?

Each letter of the Hebrew alphabet also stands for a number. For example, alef is one, bet is 2, gimmel, 3.Tu b’shvat falls on the 15th day of Sh’vat. The letters tet (9) and vav (6) put together add up to 15 and make the sound Tu. That is how the holiday got its name.

Here are some ways you can celebrate the holiday with crafts:

• Create collages using seeds and nuts
• Make food for birds by rolling pine cones in peanut butter and bird seed. Hang the feeder in a tree.
• Make actual or virtual Tu b’shvat scrapbooks using pictures (or web-based images) of trees, farm life, animals, and anything else that can be linked to nature or farm life in Israel.
• Plant parsley to harvest for Pesach

Thanks to Behrman House Publishing for the ideas and information above.