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…• • Spirituality OLJ AY 101 Tu B'Shevat At A Glance Elizabeth Applebaum Special to the Jewish News W hat the words mean: Shevat is the name of a month on the Jewish calendar. Because in the Hebrew alphabet each letter also rep- resents a numerical value, the number 15 is written as tet vav, which forms the acro- nym Tu. The second part, b'Shevat, means "in Shevat." Thus, Tu b'Shevat means "15th of Shvat." •When it occurs this year: Mond...…

















































