Join us for a special experiential holiday celebration featuring some time in nature followed by a traditional Sephardic frutikas seder, a custom of the Ladino-speaking Ottoman Jews.
On Tu B’Shevat, we celebrate “The New Year of the Trees”.During the frutikas seder, we eat the fruits of the Land of Israel, and in so doing, symbolically internalize all that the Land, and life, has to offer. On Tu B’Shvat, we repair the primal sin of Adam and Eve by consuming fruits in holiness, and in so doing, we symbolically sanctify all of life. According to Rabbi Ouri Sherki, a contemporary Algerian-Israeli rabbi and student of the great Algerian-Israeli thinker and kabbalist, R’Yehuda Ashkenazi (aka, Manitou), the ultimate import of eating is not limited to physical consumption. On a deeper level, eating both enacts and symbolizes the absorption, or internalization, of the outside world.
The first part of this event will be led by Rabbi Elihu Gevirtz, a botanist and wildlife biologist who studies native plants, animals, wetlands, grasslands, and other habitats, and designs and implements habitat restoration projects. He is also the author of “Sacred Insignia: The Spiritual Significance of Brit Milah” (Ktav 2024). His teachers include Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman in Portland, and other rabbis in the U.S. and in Israel. |
ScheduleSunday, February 1
4:30p @ Gabriel Park Evening guided walking tour of the trees featuring Tu B’Shevat class and meditation led by Rabbi Elihu Gevirtz. 5:45p @ Ahavath Achim Traditional Sephardic Frutikas Seder led by community members, and vegetarian community meal to follow. |
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6686 SW Capitol Hwy. Portland, OR 97219
Mailing address: 5150 SW 85th Ave. Portland, OR 97225
Phone: 503.227.0010
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Mailing address: 5150 SW 85th Ave. Portland, OR 97225
Phone: 503.227.0010
[email protected]
