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New Year of the Trees

Jewish holiday originally rooted in tithing of fruit

Posted: January 26, 2013 at 4:18 a.m.

Members of Temple Shalom of Northwest Arkansas will celebrate Tu B’Shevat today with a fruit-filled seder. Less common than the Passover seder, this one has roots in the mystical traditions of Judaism.

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Religion, Pages 14 on 01/26/2013

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