From the archives: Tu b’Shevat

Keren Kayemeth of Israel tree-planting certificate acknowledging the planting on a tree by Moshe Salsberg in memory of Leon Rotblatt, who died in the Polish Martyrs Forest, a victim of the Nazis’ murderous regime. The certificate is from around 1950.

How come we feed birds on Shabbat Shira?

The Torah reading of the crossing of the Sea of Reeds coincides with Tu b’Shvat and is known as Shabbat Shirah. We have a custom to feed birds just prior to Shabbat Shirah.

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