Tu BiShvat 2

A second selection of songs to sing during the celebration of Tu Bishvat

The holiday Tu BiShvat is defined in the Mishna as the « New Year of the Trees » because it’s the moment when the sap goes back upwards in the tree, just before spring.

In the Torah, the land of Israel is characteristic to have plenty of fruits: “a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive trees and honey” (Devarim 8,8)

dattier_500px.jpgdoc_2_tu_bisvat_500px_38.jpg

It is therefore a custom to eat on that day at least seven fruits species in a certain order (barley, date, grape, fig, pomegranate, olive and wheat) and to ban any form of restraint (no fasting or funeral eulogy…) that could ruin the celebration.

Under the impulse of kabbalists from Safed, and later of zionism, Tu BiShvat has become the symbol of renewal of the land of Israel.

 

Read an article about the songs of Tu BiShvat, illustrated with videos, on KefIsraël website
Listen to an other Tu BiShvat playlist

Listen to the playlist Tu Bishvat 1

Documents joints

0:00
0:00

You may also like

Chamber Works by Alberto Hemsi

This CD, performed by the ARC Ensemble of Toronto, presents the world premiere of a selection of instrumental works by…

The liturgical singing of the Ethiopian Jews: an Israeli destiny

Tuesday, June 20, 2023, 7:00 pm, at the "Centre d'Art et de Culture de l'Espace Rachi" (39 rue Broca -…

Release of 10 new music scores for voice or choir and piano by Itai Daniel

Among which: Ani Maamin, Khatzi Kaddish, Shalom Rav, Lekha Dodi, Sim Shalom, Shalom Aleikhem, El Male Rakhamim

Kalarash ALBUM RELEASE Concert

On March 26, 2023, at 17:30, at the Espace Rachi Guy de Rothschild, Kalarash concert composed of klezmer music, Yiddish…