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Tu BiShvat
The new year of the trees, with a seder of fruit and nuts and carob, almonds, dates and figs.
Spices for Tu BiShvat
Tu BiShvat is the new year for trees, marked with a table of fruits that grow in the land of Israel: dates, figs, olives, grapes, pomegranates, plus carob and almonds. Some families hold a seder with four cups of wine, moving from white to red. Fragrant spices appear in baked fruit and compotes, cardamom and cinnamon in date sweets, and mahleb in some breads. It is a small festival that honours aroma and orchard produce.
The spices
Written by the EveryMasala desk with AI assistance. Background: "Tu BiShvat" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from place to place and family to family. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Cinnamon: Luc Viatour, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Cardamom: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, source