Tu Bishvat

Tu Bishvat Beit Am 5782

Let's celebrate Tu Bishvat together!

This year the RAC will sponsor two activities at Beit Am to celebrate the New Year of the Trees.

Planting Fun: Monday, January 17th 1:00 - 3:00 pm
DIG IT! Bring gloves, shovels, trowels to pot saplings and plant larger saplings, and have fun while beautifying the Beit Am landscape. Bring snacks for your family: foods that are grown on trees are encouraged.
 

Taking Care of People Who Have Less Than We Do — Pay It Forward (Tzedakah) Opportunity
In Temple days the tithe was used to take care of people in need. Tu Bishvat falls on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, so we can tie our ancient Tu Bishvat practice with MLK’s modern day advocacy of caring for the poor. Beit Am will be collecting grocery and gas gift cards or cash to donate to the School District Welcome Center. Your contributions will help provide the most vulnerable among us with food and transportation. 

Gift cards and cash can be brought to the Tree Planting event and given to Jenney Lee, or dropped off at Beit Am during office hours (MWF 11-3, TTH 9-1). Call or email the office to make arrangements for after hours delivery at 541-753-0067 or office@beitam.org. If you will be in the building but the office is closed, gift cards/cash can be slipped under the office door. Deadline: Monday, January 17th

Programs:

• The Big Bold Jewish Climate Fest, January 10-14: https://www.jewishclimatefest.org/register

• We Are One: An Environmental Justice Tu Bishvat Seder, January 16 at 5:00 pm PST  https://hazon.org/calendar/tu-bshvat-seder/

• A Talmudic Journey Through Shemitah - 4 week email journey https://sefaria.nationbuilder.com/shemitah_talmud?utm_campaign=gen_shemitah_ec2_invite_010622&utm_medium=email&utm_source=sefaria

Learning & Seder Haggadot:

• Seder For Tu BiShvat by Rabbi Me'irah Iliinsky https://drive.google.com/file/d/12kPmriRfXxScM-R81cJ6izM6B3-x8Hkn/view?u... If you would like a printed version, it's available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/TuBishvat-Mystical-Rabbi-Meirah-Iliinsky/dp/B09NK...

• HAZON Tu Bishvat Seder Haggadah and Sourcebook https://hazon.org/commit-to-change/holidays/tu-bshvat/

• A New Year for the Trees: A Tu B’Shvat Seder for Everyone http://www.ellenbernstein.org/a-new-year

• Tu Bishvat video documentary from R. Ellen Bernstein https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKlkvnegBos&t=6s

• Tu Bishvat Seder for Kids (PJ Library) https://pjlibrary.org/beyond-books/pjblog/january-2019/a-tu-bshevat-seder-for-kids

• What is Tu Bishvat? (BimBam) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRHLw9jr9lY

• Tu Bishvat Collection on Sefaria https://www.sefaria.org/collections/tu-bishvat-on-sefaria

Activities:

• Protect Wildlife for Tu Bishvat - Write to your Member of Congress: https://www.jewishearthalliance.org/alerts/protect-wildlife-for-tu-bishvat

• 6 Activities for Tu Bishvat with Kids https://18doors.org/6-activities-tu-bishvat-with-kids/

• Plant a Tree in Israel (JNF) https://usa.jnf.org/jnf-tree-planting-center/

• Tu Bishvat Recipes (ReformJudaism.org) https://reformjudaism.org/tasty-recipes-tu-bishvat-aka-jewish-arbor-day