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02 February 2015

7 Species cards and trees placemats

Shivat Haminin cards on ecological paper

I'll you want to download the banner and print it on the paper of your choice. A heavier paper is always best for a banner but even for the card to hang in your home for tu b'Shevat. Print, Cut each flag out , laminate and punch a hole in each unit.
Idea and source: Craft This 7 Species Banner In 15 Minutes from chaiandhome.com

trees shapes placemats

Print the trees on a heavy recycled paper them laminate them . You can use them as Tub'Shevat placemats.
Download the tree template HERE

Jars of dried fruit

Dried fruits children jars

Dried red fruits, coconut, mango, pineapple, banana jars to give for Tu b'Shevat.

Small Olive trees

Small olive wood trees

Small olive trees with the trunk made of cork and real olive branches to shape the trees. As base the lid of a jar of jam and some pine cones.

Felt trees for Tu b'Shevat

Felt trees

Felt festively decorated trees for Tu B'Shevat. Homemade with scraps of green felt, twigs and jute.

Planting seeds indoors ready to transplant this spring.

GROWING SEEDS

Since Tu B' Shevat falls in winter now is the perfect time to start growing plants from seeds for this beautiful holiday which celebrates the "New Year for trees".
We chose chickpeas, lentils and corn because they're easy to grow in the house!
Place the container in a warm location and observe for the next few days. Keep in mind: your seed needs warmth and moisture in order to germinate

Tu b'Shevat Shivat Haminim cards

Shivat Haminim cards

Create cards for Tu B’Shevat featuring the Shivas Haminim in the form of beautiful silhouettes or pre-colored illustrations.Select the Shivas Haminim pictures of your choice. Print. Cut out each of the Shivas Haminim squares and laminate.
Idea and source from: Chinuch.org
download printable PDF here

Winter tree Tu b'Shevat decoration

Winter tree

28 January 2015

Tu b'Shevat trees ideas

Tu B'Shevat home Trees

Tu b'Shevat ideas 2

Painted vase with branches

Hand painted recycled glass bottle. Add as many branches you like or any kind of them to use as Tu b'Shevat decoration.

Shabbath Shirà

On Shabbat Shirah (the "Sabbath of Song"), we read the Torah account of the crossing of the Red Sea by the Israelites. The climax of the reading is the "song at the sea," with its lofty, rolling musical melody. The Rabbis believed that the shirah was sung responsively, first by Moses and the men, then by Miriam and the women. Today, in keeping with this tradition, the congregation sings a number of the verses before the Torah reader chants them, as an expression of the spontaneous enthusiasm of the people.
On Shabbat Shirah we feed the birds. Some have suggested that we do so to acknowledge the birds’ singing in praise of G.d and his great miracle at the sea. Others have linked feeding birds with their role in the biblical story of the double portion of manna that miraculously appeared on Friday so that the Israelites would not have to gather manna on Shabbat. A midrash tells us that two trouble-makers, Dathan and Aviram, put out manna Friday evening so that the people would discover it on the morning of Shabbat and Moshè and G.d would be discredited. But the birds gobbled up all the manna before the people awoke, preserving the miracle of the double portion of manna on Friday and its absence on Shabbat and, thus, confirming the leadership of Moshè.

Birds Feeders