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So Much More than Dried Fruit: Tu bi-Shvat in Halacha, Machshava and Personal Growth

Speaker:: Rabbi Tanchum Cohen
Date:: January 27 2026

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Venue: Cong. Beth Abraham (Bergenfield, NJ) Cong. Beth Abraham (Bergenfield, NJ)

Gemara:

Aggadeta, Rosh Hashana, Shabbat

Halacha:

Israel, Minhagim, Orach Chaim, Sephardi Halacha, Shemittah, Tefillah, Terumos, Zeraim

History:

16th - 18th Centuries CE

Machshava:

Bitachon, Hashem, Israel, Middot, Spirituality

Mishna:

Rosh Hashana

Holidays:

Tu Beshvat

Yerushalmi:

Kiddushin

Collections: R' Tanchum Cohen Yoreh Deah Chabura

References: Rosh Hashana: 2A , Rosh Hashana: 10A , Rosh Hashana: 14A

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What is Tu bi-Shvat really about? Why eat fruit? Why celebrate? Isn't it just a halachic April 15th?

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So Much More than Dried Fruit: Tu bi-Shvat in Halacha, Machshava and Personal Growth

Venue: Cong. Beth Abraham (Bergenfield, NJ) Cong. Beth Abraham (Bergenfield, NJ)

Collections: R' Tanchum Cohen Yoreh Deah Chabura

References: Rosh Hashana: 2A , Rosh Hashana: 10A , Rosh Hashana: 14A

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So Much More than Dried Fruit: Tu bi-Shvat in Halacha, Machshava and Personal Growth

Venue: Cong. Beth Abraham (Bergenfield, NJ) Cong. Beth Abraham (Bergenfield, NJ)

Gemara: Aggadeta, Rosh Hashana, Shabbat Halacha: Israel, Minhagim, Orach Chaim, Sephardi Halacha, Shemittah, Tefillah, Terumos, Zeraim History: 16th - 18th Centuries CE Machshava: Bitachon, Hashem, Israel, Middot, Spirituality Mishna: Rosh Hashana Holidays: Tu Beshvat Yerushalmi: Kiddushin

Collections: R' Tanchum Cohen Yoreh Deah Chabura

References: Rosh Hashana: 2A , Rosh Hashana: 10A , Rosh Hashana: 14A

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