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Want
something special for
the Tu b'Shevat seder at your
congregation
school?
or
Look to Southeast Michigan's
chap
Pomegranate Guild of Judaic
an international
organiza
tion of Jewish needlecrafters.
ter
of the
Needlework,
About four years ago, the members
created a Tu b'Shevat tablecloth to dis
of the
start
dar year, it actually falls
of the seventh month.
The first of Elul is the
new
fruit, said club president Judy Galperin
symbolize the number
15
are
come
to
use
the tablecloth for the Tu
b'Shevat seder, a ceremonial meal that
celebrates the bounty of Israel.
In
Judaism,
there
are
several
new
years. At first this might seem odd, but
consider that in Western culture we have
new
year, the start of the
school year and, for many business
entities, the start of the fiscal year.
the calendar
new
In the
Jewish calendar, there's the start
of the calendar year, Rosh Hashanah.
In Leviticus, the Israelites
eat
fruit from
a
tree
during
are
told not to
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are
has 24
chapters
in Canada.
always welcome,
said. You don't have to be
Galperin
an
expert; you just need an interest in knit
ting, crochet, embroidery, quilting or any
other needle-based
each other
as
art.
Members support
they work on their projects.
good place to learn needle arts:'
Galperin said.
The group meets the second Sunday
"It's
seven
species of foods the Torah tells us were
a
of every month
in Israel:
wheat, barley, grapes
plentiful
(vines), figs, pomegranates, olives and
Apartments,
dates
OakPark.
(honey).
If your
10
at 1 p.m. at
the Prentis
15100 W 10 Mile
Road,
organization is interested in
borrowing the Tu b'Shevat tablecloth, call
Judy Galperin at (248) 661-5337. D
Pomegranate Guild members each creat
ed a square showing a traditional holiday
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now
one
New members
"birthday"
newly planted tree is considered 1 year
old on the Tu b'Shevat after it's planted,
even if the holiday falls just a couple of
days later.
tablecloth,
few of the
Pomegranate Guild, founded in
in 12 states and
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The
1977 in New York,
for all trees is Tu b'Shevat,
For the Tu b'Shevat
a
used beadwork.
groups weekly meetings.
its first three
A Tu b'Shevat seder includes the
cross-stitch;
done in
squares on their own; they put the
tablecloth together quilt -style during the
Keeping track of when every individ
planted would be difficult, so
the
or
were
Members created the individual
pro
ing the age of trees.
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needlework
women
"tu") is the new year for figur
nounced
ual tree is
which starts this year at sundown Feb. 3.
The first organization toask is wel
of Farmington Hills. Most
new
then, they've been lending it out for Tu
b'Shevat, the Jewish New Year of Trees,
Farmington
Pam
day
annual table decorations show. Since
play
Garden Club's
b'5hevat tablecloth
year for
determining the age of animals, and
the 15th of Shevat (the Hebrew letters
that
Pomegranate Guild's Tu
with the
calen
the first
on
years. The fourth year's fruit is for God,
and after that people may eat the fruit.
at the
Judy Galperin and Meredith Goldberg
day of the first
month, Nisan, because even though Rosh
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