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“Venture Into Tu B’Shevat: a jkidphilly Holiday Toolkit”
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Venture into Tu B’Shevat: a jkidphilly Holiday Toolkit
Clickable Table of Contents:
Info: The Tu B’Shevat Story
Info: Tu B’Shevat Around the World
Activity: Making Seed Paper
Activity: Watercolor Tree Blow-Painting
Info: Trees of Israel
Activity: Tree Yoga
Keep Learning: Gevurah
Activity: Chamaysh Shniot | Five Seconds
Info: The Seven Species
More Resources
Looking for more ways to celebrate? Here are some ideas from Jewish Learning Venture staff!
Bari’s family enjoys making edible trees, like using pretzel rods for the trunk, thin pretzel sticks for branches, then decorating them with clementines, craisins, grapes, or other fruits.
Elana makes a point of bringing her kids into nature — even in the snow! — and talking about how beautiful and important the trees are.
In Julia’s family, they make a platter of seven species snacks.
Rhona planted a tree outside her front door in the spring when her daughter was born, and every Tu B’Shevat, the whole family stands outside and sings “Yom Huledet Sameach / Happy Birthday” to their tree.
Robin loves to think of creative and new ways to create trees.
Growing up, Robyn planted trees in Israel through JNF, and her family continues to plant trees for lifecycle events.
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