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A
cool
Web site for Tu b'Shevat.
855-1075
Content
Design
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Teaching Kids to Ski
is Our Business
Celebrating our 27th season!
Choose Traditions to learn about the
lovely ancient custom of buying a tree to
celebrate the birth of a child (a cedar for
a boy, a cypress for a girl) and planting
appy spring! No, this col-
the trees on Tu b'Shevat. When young
umn is running just when
it's supposed to, and it is still people married, the wood from their
trees was used together to make the
winter in Michigan. But Tu
b'Shevat, the "New Year for the Trees," is wedding chuppah. Explore the blessings
recited over fruit
celebrated on
and
study some
Monday, Jan. 28,
a
Hebrew
vocabulary
and in Israel every-
Whatever
you do,
thing is green and
don't
miss
the Seder
just right for plant-
button.
Composed
ing trees.
by 16th century
So put away your
Sephardic
snowblowers and
Kabbalists and pat-
galoshes. I know a
terned after the
neat little Web site
Passover
seder, you'll
for kids and kids-at-
enjoy
a
beautiful
heart to learn all
graphic of all the
about the traditions
ingredients (four
of Tu b'Shevat.
different wines, 15
Point your browser
kinds of fruit,
to wwvv.akhlah.com
crackers, etc.) and a
and let me be your
script (Haggadah)
guide.
for
conducting
your
seder.
Akhlah is an Israeli slang word mean-
As this is written, the "crafts" and
ing "cool," and the site truly lives up to
"quiz" buttons aren't working, but the
its name. Today, we'll only explore the
Webmaster promises that more will be
Tu b'Shevat page, but you'll want to
added to the page shortly and, presum-
click around the other pages, bookmark
ably, the link.s. will be fixed. Meanwhile,
the home page and return again and
from the home page it's possible to
again. Akhlah.com , the "Jewish
access the crafts for Tu b'Shevat so you
Children's Learning Network," offers all
can make a tiny fruit crate from popsicle
kinds of information and activities.
sticks, or a Hebrew word tree.
There's a page for studying the Torah
.Akhlah's mission is to provide Jewish
portion of the week, for example,
children and their families access to the
explained in a format and terms children
prayers, stories and rituals of Judaism.
(and the rest of us) can understand and
The site is non-sectarian, meaning it's
enjoy. There are also pages for learning
neither Orthodox, Conservative nor
Hebrew, Israeli geography and Jewish
Reform. And surprise, there are no
Torah heroes.
Also, you can make quiz cards, do any advertisements or pop-ups to annoy
Based in Valdosta, Ga., and developed as
one of a number of holiday-related
a resource for children, parents and edu-
crafts, and test yourself with worksheets.
cators, surfers who enjoy themselves are
Educators and parents can access lesson
asked to respond with a little tzedakah
plans, though this page of the site is still
(contribution), sort of like public TV or
under construction.
radio and just as worthwhile.
That said, let's visit Akhlah's Tu
Spring over to vvwvv.aldhlah.com and
b'Shevat page. From the home page,
chag
sameach (Happy Holiday)! El
scroll down to the holidays sections and
click on "Tu b'Shevat" and off we go.
DEBBIE HITSKY
Special to the Jewish News
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