Happy Tu B’Shevat! Known as the New Year of the Trees, or even Jewish Arbor Day, this holiday is a Jewish celebration of nature and the coming of spring (even though it may not feel like it in the United States). You can learn more about the festival here.
Many people make a seder for erev Tu B’Shevat, though they’re less structured than their Passover equivalents in virtually every way. If you’d like to throw a holiday shindig of your own, try serving some fig bread in honor of the ancient holiday custom of eating dried fruits and preserves—here’s a recipe inspired by the fig bread made by the Jews of Spain). Seder traditions include eating foods with the traditional Seven Species of Israel, and this recipe gets you about 14 percent of the way there. Another seder tradition is drinking white wine and gradually transitioning to red, so you can break out the Moscato and the Manischewitz.
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