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Tu B’Shevat: Celebrating the Potential
Farbrengen, 15 Shevat, 5741 • January 20, 1981
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Tu B’Shevat: Celebrating the Potential
Farbrengen, 15 Shevat, 5741 • January 20, 1981 |
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On Tu B’Shevat, the 15th of Shevat, we celebrate the New Year for Trees. It falls in the middle of the winter, when the sap is just beginning to flow.
If the fruit is not yet growing, why do we celebrate the occasion by eating fruit?
By enjoying fruit on Tu B’Shevat, we celebrate the potential within the tree. We also commit ourselves to bring out this potential by nurturing the tree through the spring and summer, until it brings its fruit.
The human being is compared to a tree. We must recognize the wonderful potential within every person and every event, and we must commit ourselves to bringing out that potential. (7:38) |
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Farbrengen, Tu B’Shevat, 5741 • January 20, 1981
The Rebbe gives Rabbi J.J. Hecht platters of fruit to distribute the following day at a children’s rally, and then begins a lively song.
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14 Shevat, 5752 • January 19, 1992
The Mayors of Ashkelon and Lod, Israel, are told their cities should be great in every sense. The New Year of trees applies to man as well. Charity for their cities.
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Farbrengen, 1 Elul, 5747 • August 26, 1987
“He is our Lord, He is our Father, He is our King, He is our Salvation”, from the Shabbat morning services. The Rebbe taught this song to the Chasidim on Simchas Torah 5724-1963.
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