Celebrate Tu Bishvat With My Jewish Learning
Tu Bishvat, the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Shevat, is the Jewish new year of the trees. Since the 17th century, it has been customary among some Jews to mark this occasion with a seder.
Join My Jewish Learning’s Chodesh Circle community and Rabbi SB Gershuny for an online Tu Bishvat seder on Feb. 13, 2025 at 7 pm Eastern / 4 pm Pacific. Together we will journey through the four worlds of divine creation, honoring the place of trees in our tradition and stimulating our own creative flow for the seasons to come.
What you will need:
- Red wine (or grape juice) and white wine (or grape juice). You will need enough for two small cups of each color.
- A tree-related fragrance. This could be a scented candle (with a fragrance such as cedar, amber, fir or sandalwood); a bark that can be burnt (like palo santo); hard spices (such as cinnamon or nutmeg); or fresh branches or fruits with a noticeable smell.
- At least one fruit that can be eaten in its entirety, such as figs, apples, pears or tangerines. You can use fresh or dried.
- At least one fruit with a hard stone, such as olives, dates, stone fruit or mangoes. You can use fresh or dried.
- Nuts or fruit that have a hard shell, such as pistachio, walnut, coconut or pomegranate.
- A journal or paper and pen.
Your $18 ticket also includes one month of access to Chodesh Circle, an exciting new community of learners and seekers exploring kabbalistic teachings about the cycles of the Hebrew calendar. Each month, Chodesh Circle members gather twice to explore Jewish mystical teachings about the power of the Hebrew months to help with a particular area of healing in our lives. Chodesh Circle members receive everything they need to attune their lives to the wisdom of these sacred cycles and access their transformative power.
Click here to get your seder ticket and one-month Chodesh Circle membership.
Chodesh Circle membership includes:
- Two live learning sessions each month, on every full and new moon.
- Weekly teachings about the month, guided meditations and other suggestions for practice.
- An exclusive online platform to meet and share with other community members. The online community is a core feature of Chodesh Circle, enabling members to connect with one another, share reflections, ask questions, get support, and much more!
Meet Your Guide:
Rabbi Sarah Bracha Gershuny is a writer, ritualist, musician, healer and teacher. She holds a degree in history from Cambridge University, rabbinical ordination and a master’s in Jewish education from Hebrew College, and was ordained a Hebrew priestess by the Kohenet Hebrew Priestess Institute, a contemporary wisdom school devoted to female expressions of Jewish leadership.
She is the former spiritual leader of Congregation Nevei Kodesh in Boulder, CO, and has taught for My Jewish Learning, the Romemu Yeshiva, Hebrew College Open Circle and others. Rabbi Gershuny is passionate about the wisdom path of the Jewish calendar, and loves to facilitate spaces in which people can connect to deeper parts of themselves and each other.
Click here to get your seder ticket and one-month Chodesh Circle membership.
By clicking on the above link, you’ll be taken to our secure payment page on Stripe. Once you join, you’ll have access to the Tu Bishvat seder along with all the unique features of Chodesh Circle.