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What is the reason for the custom of eating carobs on Lag BaOmer? Q&A

By Chani Benjaminson

Lag BaOmer is the anniversary of the passing of Rabbi Shimon son of Yochai. At one point in his life, Rabbi Shimon was a fugitive from the Roman authorities who were looking to execute him. For thirteen years he hid in a cave in the village of Miron ...

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Why Eat Carob on Tu B'Shevat?

By Baruch S. Davidson

The custom of eating carob on Tu B'shvat, the New Year for Trees, is not cited in the Talmud or in the Code of Jewish Law, yet it is common in many communities. Our sages teach that the customs of the Jewish people are also Torah and have profound ...

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A Carob Tree and a Spring Story

Talmud, Shabbat 33b

Seeing a man ploughing and sowing, they exclaimed: "They forsake eternal life and engage in temporal life!" Whatever they cast their eyes upon was immediately incinerated

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Tu B'Shevat Customs

By Eliezer Wenger

On the 15th of Shevat on the Jewish calendar we celebrate the New Year for the Trees "Rosh HaShonah L'Ilonot."

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