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Tu Bishvat (The Trees' Birthday): Stories about Honi Ha'Meagel Dr. Nurit Reshef Based on Cheri Ellowitz Silver's, Pass the Torah, Please. Denver, CO.: A.R.E. Publishing, 1990. Illustrations of Honi Ha'Meagel by Hal Aqua Use the controls to pause, stop, and adjust the volume of the music. This page contains the following parts: What is Tu Bishvat Meet the Man: Who is Honi Ha'Meagel History or ...

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TU B'Shvat An essay on T U B'Shvat by: Rav Avraham Brandwein, Dean Yeshivat Kol Yehuda Zvi Here are some links to sites with more info on TU B'Shvat Tu Bishvat and The Happy Medium http://www.wzo.org.il/encountr/tubish.htm JCN: Tu b'Shvat Haggadah http://www.jcn18.com/holiday/tu_bshvt/hag6.htm TU B'SHVAT http://www.jcn18.com/holiday/tu_bshvt/index.htm http://www.jcn18.

The funny thing about this "holiday" which we call Tu Bishvat is its inconspicuousness in Jewish literature. Of course it is mentioned in books about the Jewish calendar. However, beyond that, in the massive volumes of the Talmud, and in later halachic literature it is discussed only briefly.