It's mid-January in the goyish calendar and early Shevat in the Jewish Calendar.
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| grape vines, empty of leaves and fruit |
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| Just a few short months ago, late summer, we feasted on the grapes. |
My two and a half year old granddaughter has been taught to sing השקידיה פורחת "Hashkeidiyah porachat," "the almond tree is blooming" to celebrate TU B'Shvat, but...
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| I don't think this almond tree will be ready in time. |
Maybe because this tree gets very little sun, it's usually blooming a month late. Yes, we see flowers on it around Purim, which is a month after TU B'Shvat.
Shalom!
ReplyDeleteI grew up in rural New Jersey, next to a farm (Cows, sheep, chickens horses etc. A "real" farm.) so I noticed the change of the seasons as much as anyone on a moshav. Now I have a fig tree and grape vines instead of an apple tree and berries - the latter of which I would very much like to plant soon. I love watching the bare sticks of the vines sprouting leaves and later tiny bunches of grapes which grow to be luscious fruit.
Tu B'Shevat sameah!
Hadassa, I barely noticed nature in Jerusalem. NY was a different story, different nature.
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