​Tu B'Shvat is here and we invite you to find out how and why the holiday began: what are the origins of the seder, its tradition and foods? How did one teacher in the land of Israel make Tu B'Shvat a tree planting holiday? And what is the mysterious book "Chemdat Yamim" and why the author is suspected of being Sabbatean?

The tours will be conducted on Thursday and Friday, February 9-10, 2017

The tours are suitable for adults

[From the National Library Collections, an item from a Tu B'Shvat Seder for the New Year of the Trees, 1805] 

Thursday | February 9th | 04:00 pm

Dr. Zvi Leshem, Director of the Gershom Scholem Library - Mysticism and Kabbalah in the Tu B'Shvat Seder

Dr. Hezi Amiur, Curator of the Israel Collection - Tu B'Shvat, the holiday of returning to nature in the land of Israel.

Friday | February 10th | 10:30 am

Dr. Yoel Finkelman, Curator of the Judaica Collection - "Chemdat Yamim", the mysterious book and origin of the Tu B'Shvat Seders.

Dr. Hezi Amiur, Curator of the Israel Collection - Tu B'Shvat, the holiday of returning to nature in the land of Israel.