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[extollingtheeveryday]

Danez Smith // "I'M GOING BACK TO MINNESOTA WHERE SADNESS MAKES SENSE" [ID in alt text]

[thejewitches]

Did you know that Judaism has a New Year of the Trees?

I see the ancient groves of olive trees and my heart breaks, it twists in my chests to see our community say it’s worth it to flood the land with sea water, to salt the earth, and destroy one another, somehow claiming this in the name of Judaism.

Judaism teaches magic in the trees; teaches that the roots ground us, that the branches bring us to HaShem and HaShem to Us. There is a famous Jewish idea that we are not in the business of going to heaven but in bringing Heaven to us.

Tu B’Shevat is this week 🕯️🌱 how will you be celebrating?

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Commission for @/wildewinged on FR of their Gaoler ore merchant, Shevat! She had so much shiny jewelry to render~

If you're interested in commissioning me, check out my Commission Post or my USD commissions thread on FR~

[theheshinc]

Happy New Month, everyone.

Moonhenge, Long Beach, NY, 2-1-2025. Photo by Nick Masselle.

[thisischaosmagicmoogle]

Shevat, The Wind is Calling (Xenogears) - Zohar piano arrangement

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The reference I downloaded for a recent commission of mine!

Since FR is down

Reblog and add the last dragon.png you saved to your phone or pc

here's mine! A dragon I ended up selling

[arasou]

[xenogearsjoe]

Nearly finished watching someone play xenogears, so I might become insufferable should I decide to talk about what I feel about it

[nycreligion]

Sun Feb 12- Mon Feb 13, Tu B'Shevat, the Jewish Arbor Day

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[linnaealyn]

Imagine living a lonely 500 yrs unaging and then two of your friends suddenly show up again & dont recognize you. One who sacrificed herself to save people & the other who turned traitor, releasing a PoW, & caused immense destruction, killing millions before disappearing forever.

Poor Elly was probably worried and nervous the whole time she was in Shevat. If she's in your party when you talk to Yui, when Fei & Yui start talking about Lahan, she hides from her, runs to the other side of the room and faces the wall 🥺

[extollingtheeveryday]

Margaret Atwood // "February" (ID in alt text)

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Tu BiShvat: What and How

By Naftali Silberberg

The 15th of Shevat is the New Year for Trees, known as Tu b'Shevat.

According to Biblical law, there is a seven year agricultural cycle, concluding with the Sabbatical year. When the Holy Temple stood in Jerusalem, on years one, two, four and five of this cycle, farmers were required to separate a tenth of their produce and eat it in Jerusalem. This tithe is called Maaser Sheni, the Second Tithe, because it is in addition to the (two percent which must be given to the Kohain, and the) ten percent which is given to the Levite. On the third and sixth years of the cycle, instead of the owners eating the Maaser Sheni in Jerusalem, they gave this second tithe to the poor, who were permitted to consume it wherever they wished.

[On the Sabbatical year, no tithes are separated. All produce which grows during this year is ownerless and free for anyone to take.]

It was therefore of vital importance to ascertain when the new year started for produce. Our Rabbis established that a fruit which blossomed before the 15th of Shevat is produce of the previous year. If it blossomed afterwards, it is produce of the "new year." [By comparison, grains, vegetables, and legumes have the same New Year as humans, the 1st of Tishrei.] Why is this so? In the Mediterranean region, the rainy season begins with the festival of Sukkot. It takes approximately four months (from Sukkot, the 15th of Tishrei, until the 15th of Shevat) for the rains of the new year to saturate the soil and trees, and produce fruit. All fruit which blossom beforehand are a product of the rains of the previous year, and are tithed together with the crops of the previous year.

Although this day is Rosh Hashanah for trees, we attach special significance to this holiday because "Man is [compared to] the tree of the field" (Deuteronomy 20:19). Through cultivating strong roots – faith and commitment to G‑d – we produce many fruits—Torah and Mitzvot.

Observances and Customs

On this day it is customary to partake of the fruit with which the Holy Land is praised (Deuteronomy 8:8): olives, dates, grapes, figs and pomegranates. If tasting any of these fruit for the first time this season, remember to recite the Shehecheyanu blessing. (A blessing recited on joyous occasions, thanking G‑d for "sustaining us and enabling us to reach this occasion." This blessing is recited before the standard "Ha'etz" blessing recited on fruit.)

Due to the festive nature of the day, we omit the Tachanun sections (petitions for forgiveness and confession) from the prayers.

Source: Chabad.org

[timolech]

Commission Round-Up! 10/?

Fire Emblem GBA-styled Portraits for Fei Shevat and Liu Dahcris over on Kofi! Thank you so much for your support!

I still have slots open for commissions if anyone is interested and would like portraits for their OC's or anything at all! See the pinned post or go to my Kofi for more details!

[wsoupofpain]

i think sam manson would enjoy celebrating her birthday according to the jewish calendar purely to keep people on their toes about when it is every year.

First of all you are SO correct thank you for saying so

My headcanon is that Sam was a valentine's baby because it would aggravate her, so assuming she was born before sundown in 1990 (making her 14 the year the show started airing), her Hebrew birthday is the 19th of Shevat

Secondary fun fact, that's just a few days after the Jewish holiday Tu B'Shevat (on the 15th), which is a bit like Jewish earth day! So I think some years her English birthday would fall on Tu B'Shevat, which I think she would just love. Environmentalism AND getting to confuse people? Perfect

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Xenogears - The Wind Calls to Shevat in the Blue Sky

[girlactionfigure]

Happy Tu BiShvat!

The 15th day of the Hebrew month of Shevat is a great opportunity. It’s known as Tu BiShvat, the New Year for Trees.

I’ve always wondered as to the origin of what has become Jewish Arbour Day. It has to do with the rainy season in Israel, which commences with the festival of Sukkot. It takes four months for the rains to saturate the soil, nurture the trees and coax them into producing fruit. This is important to know if you are planning to give your tithes of fruits, as is done in the Land of Israel, because the required tithes vary from year to year. It’s also important if you are a tree and looking for something to celebrate.

We humans can also celebrate along with the trees. After all, the Torah says, “Man is a tree of the field.” We are nurtured by deep roots, as far back as Abraham and Sarah; we reach upwards to the heavens while standing firmly on the ground; and when we do all this right, we produce fruits that benefit the world—namely, our good deeds.

Traditional Observances:

Eat some fruit on this day. Best if you can get some of those fruits for which Israel is famous: olives, dates, grapes, figs and pomegranates.

The blessing on fruit:

Ba-ruch atah Ado-nai, Elo-hei-nu me-lech ha-olam, borei pri ha-etz.

[Blessed are You, L‑rd our G‑d, King of the universe, who creates the fruit of the tree.]

If tasting a fruit for the first time in its season, recite the Shehecheyanu blessing before saying the fruit blessing:

Ba-ruch a-tah Ado-nai, Elo-hei-nu me-lech ha-olam, she-heche-ya-nu ve-ki-ye-ma-nu ve-higi-a-nu liz-man ha-zeh.

[Blessed are You, L‑rd our G‑d, King of the universe, who has granted us life, sustained us, and enabled us to reach this occasion.

Rabbi Yisroel Bernath