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Shalom friends,
On the fifteenth day of the Hebrew month of Shvat (February 9th 2009), we celebrate Tu BiShvat (ט"ו בִּשְׁבָט) – the New Year of the trees and the fruits. Tu biShvat was first mentioned in the Mishna (מִשְׁנָה) as one of the four New Years of the Jewish calendar. According to the Jewish Law, it is forbidden to eat the fruits of trees in the first three years after they were planted. Tu biShvat is the cut-off date for calculating the age of the trees for this purpose. Although this aspect of Tu biShvat is relevant only to the Land of Israel, the Jews in the Diaspora used to celebrate it by eating dried fruit from the Land of Israel, and in some places by having a special Tu biShvat Seder that included blessing the fruits and reading verses from the bible about fruits.
The tradition of modern Israel regarding Tu biShvat was initiated on Tu Bishvat of 1890 by the teacher and author Zeev Yavetz (זְאֵב יַעְבֵץ). On that day, Rabi Yavetz went out with his students to plant trees in the agricultural colony of Zichron Yaakov. His idea was adopted by other schools, and in 1908 the Jewish Teachers Union (הִסְתַּדְּרוּת הַמּוֹרִים) and later the Jewish National Fund (קֶרֶן קַיֶּמֶת לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, Keren Hakayemet Le'Israel), made this day the official planting day in Israel.
Click here to read last year's Tu Bi'Shvat newsletter.
ט"ו בִּשְׁבָט שָׂמֵחַ!
Happy Tu Bi'Shvat!
Shira Cohen-Regev
The HebrewOnline Team
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אֵת
Transliteration: et
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Literal Meaning: shovel, spade
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מַעְדֵּר
Transliteration: ma'ader
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Literal Meaning: hoe
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קַלְטֶרֶת
Transliteration: kalteret
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Literal Meaning: cultivator
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| Hebrew TuBishvat Grammar - to plant |
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נ.ט.ע |
The Root |
הַשֹּׁרֶשׁ |
| to plant |
לִנְטֹעַ
לָטַעַת |
The Infinitive |
שֵׁם הַפֹּעַל |
| גזרת פ"נ |
פָּעַל |
Conjugation (grammatical group) |
בִּנְיָן |
neti'a
(planting) |
נְטִיעָה (נ)
נְטִיעוֹת |
Gerund |
שֵׁם הַפְּעֻלָּה |
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| Future - עָתִיד |
Present - הוֹוֶה |
Past - עָבַר |
Pronoun |
שֵׁם גּוּף |
אֶטַּע
'eta |
(נוֹטֵעַ (ז) נוֹטַעַת (נ
nota'at (f) note'a (m) |
נָטַעְתִּי
nata'ti |
'Ani – I |
אֲנִי |
תִּטַּע
tita |
נוֹטֵעַ
note'a |
נָטַעְתָּ
nata'ta |
'Ata – You (s,m) |
אַתָּה |
תִּטְעִי
tit'i |
נוֹטַעַת
nota'at |
נָטַעְתְּ
nata't |
'At – You (s,f) |
אַתְּ |
יִטַּע
yita |
נוֹטֵעַ
note'a |
נָטַע
nata |
Hu - He |
הוּא |
תִּטַּע
tita |
נוֹטַעַת
nota'at |
נָטְעָה
nat'a |
He - She |
הִיא |
נִטַּע
nita |
(נוֹטְעִים (ז) נוֹטְעוֹת (נ
not'ot (f) not'im (m) |
נָטַעְנוּ
nata'nu |
'Anaxnu – We |
אֲנַחְנוּ |
תִּטְעוּ
tit'u |
נוֹטְעִים
not'im |
נְטַעְתֶּם
neta'tem |
'Atem – You (pl.,m) |
אַתֶּם |
תִּטְעוּ
tit'u |
נוֹטְעוֹת
not'ot |
נְטַעְתֶּן
neta'ten |
'Aten – You (pl.,f) |
אַתֶּן |
יִטְעוּ
yit'u |
נוֹטְעִים
not'im |
נָטְעוּ
nat'u |
Hem – They (m) |
הֵם |
יִטְעוּ
yit'u |
נוֹטְעוֹת
not'ot |
נָטְעוּ
nat'u |
Hen – They (f) |
הֵן |
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כָּךְ הוֹלְכִים הַשּׁוֹתְלִים
מִלִּים: יִצְחַק שֶׁנְּהַר
לַחַן: יְדִידְיָה אַדְמוֹן
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That’s how the planters go
Song in heart and shovel in hand
From the city and from the village
From the valley, from the mountain
In Tu biShvat
In Tu biShvat
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kax holxim hashotlim
ron balev ve’et bayad
min ha’ir ‘umin hakfar
min ha’emek, min hahar
beTu biShvat
beTu biShvat
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כָּךְ הוֹלְכִים הַשּׁוֹתְלִים
רֹן בַּלֵּב וְאֶת בַּיָּד
מִן הָעִיר וּמִן הַכְּפָר
מִן הָעֵמֶק, מִן הָהָר
בְּט"ו בִּשְׁבָט
בְּט"ו בִּשְׁבָט
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See if you can find all of the words in the puzzle below:
אֵת, ט"ו בִּשְׁבָט, יָנִיב, מַעְדֵּר, מִשְׁנָה, נְטִיעָה, נֶטַע, קַלְטֶרֶת, קק"ל (קֶרֶן קַיֶּמֶת לְיִשְׂרָאֵל), שׁוֹתֵל
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| נֶטַע |
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Name:
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Neta
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Gender:
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Female
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Time of Appearance:
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The Middle Ages Till The 19th Century
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Meaning:
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Seedling
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Categories:
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Botanical Names, Names Related to Agriculture
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| יָנִיב |
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Name:
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Yaniv
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Gender:
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Male
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Time of Appearance:
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The Modern Era
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Meaning:
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The meaning of "יניב" (Yaniv) is: (he) will bear fruit, yield, produce. The future tense masculine singular form of the verb להניב (lehaniv).
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