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Khmelnytskyi Charitable Foundation “Hesed Besht” celebrated with its clients the beginning of the Jewish New Year – Tu B’Shvat. The events were held for clients of different age groups and had a colorful theme. Although today’s frosts outside the window do not contribute to real tree planting, as is done in Israel, thanks to creativity and the desire to follow traditions, our people still gave life to new plants. The children studied the history of the holiday through the prism of creativity.
Several events were held for groups of older people using multimedia technologies. They touched not only on the history and traditions of the holiday, but also talked about the scientific justification. It turns out that our ancestors were extremely wise and observant. If we rely on the research of botanists, we can trace a very interesting thing. It turns out that after another new year - the calendar Rosh Hashanah, the trees in Israel that gave sap for the harvest continue to exist at the expense of the accumulated resources. And only with the onset of Tu B'Shevat do they switch to the production of new sap! Perhaps that is why all this was established in ancient times, and without errors in time.
The participants of the events also joined the tradition of planting plants in the soil, although smaller in size. Everyone who wanted to could plant flowerpots in the “Thia” Community Center that day, thereby increasing the number of green perennial ornamental plantings in our organization. The women's group created wonderful flowers from quilling. In the near future, all the works will be demonstrated at an exhibition for the general public, and in the meantime, the funds of the upcoming exhibition are constantly being replenished with new works. For our youngest clients, the master classes dedicated to drawing (or coloring) the most famous species of trees in Israel were interesting.
The Hesed Besht Jewish Community Foundation sincerely congratulates all Jews on the arrival of the New Year of Trees – the holiday of Tu B'Shevat!
