Welcome to the Tu B’Shevat page of the Canfei Nesharim Archive!

Here, you will find all the Canfei Nesharim resources and Divrei Torah relating to the holiday of Tu B’Shevat. Click on the section titles below or scroll down to see them all!

Note: these materials were first published in 2014, so some of the information might be outdated, but the Torah is timeless!

Lesson Plans and Activities

Torah Study Materials

Source Sheets

Speakers Notes with Environmental Facts and Torah Sources for Each of the Four Worlds in the Tu b’Shevat Seder

Additional Stories and Program Resources

Planning a Seder

Lesson Plans and Activities

Year of Engagement: How to Turn Tu Bishvat into a Policy Engagement Opportunity
Recipes for Tu B’Shevat
Hakaras HaTov Tree: Giving Thanks to Hashem for Nature (ages 3-6)
Making Tu b’Shevat Greeting Cards (ages 6-10)
Besamim (spice) bags for Tu b’Shevat
Preparing Tu b’Shevat for teens
Trees in Jewish Thought
Plan a Tu B’Shevat Kiddush

Torah Study Materials

The Power of Blessings
Am I My Planet’s Keeper?
What a Beautiful Tree
Are We Lagging Behind on Green Issues?
Cosmic Consciousness, Man, and the Worm
The Land is Mine
The “Green Belt” of the Torah: For Us and Our Animals
A Jewish Perspective on the “Tragedy of the Commons”
The Environment in Contemporary Jewish Law
Ecological Problems— Living on Future Generations’ Account
Fruit and Vegetables, Man and Animals
What is Our Responsibility to Other Creatures?
Learning Faith and Gratitude Through our Relationship to Hashem’s Creation
Protection of the Environment, Protection of Ourselves
You Shall Not Covet
Tree = Man? Or Tree = Man!
G-d, Man, and Tree
The “Ten Sayings” of Creation: Unity, Multiplicity, and Ecology
Global Ecology: On the Road to Redemption
The Unity and Purposefulness of Creation
Trees are Us
The Jewish “Earth Day”
Shepherd Consciousness
Planting The Tabernacle
Perceptions on the Parsha
Planting the Seed of Eternity
The Trees and the Eruv
Trees and the Urban Environment: Getting along with the Natives

Source Sheets

Learning Sources for Tu b’Shevat
On Fruit-Bearing Trees
Is the Tree of the Field a Man? (world one)
Settling the Land (world two)
The Interdependence of the World (world three)
The “Fruits” of our Labor (world four)

Speakers Notes with Environmental Facts and Torah Sources for Each of the Four Worlds in the Tu b’Shevat Seder

World One Speaker Notes
World Two Speaker Notes
World Three Speaker Notes
World Four Speaker Notes

Additional Stories and Program Resources

Torah Stories
Experience the Fruit: A Short Guided Meditation for Appreciating Creation
The New Year for the Trees: A Tu B’Shvat Story
The Holy Vitebsker at the Kinneret
The Wind
Printable honor cards

Planning a Seder

How to Organize a Successful Tu b’Shevat Seder
Haggadot for Tu b’Shevat
Trees in Jewish Thought