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Tu B’Shevat To-Do List 

JL;DR SUMMARY Tu B'Shevat, the Jewish New Year for Trees, offers a chance to highlight environmental responsibility within the Jewish community. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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EducationJewish ValuesCommunity InvolvementSustainabilityEnvironmentNatureTu B'shevatGrowtorahYosef GillersEarth Stewardship

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New York, United States
"Volunteers join GrowTorah and Westchester Parks Foundation for a parks cleanup on MLK Day with UJA-Federation of New York."
Israel
"Tu BShevat (literally the fifteenth day in the month of Shevat), symbolizes the beginning of spring in Israel and marks the date when the fruit of trees in the Holy Land, no matter when they were planted, are eligible to be tithed (the halachah of separating a tenth of the produce)."
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