NEW: Rabbi Mendel Kessin: Tu B'Shvat - the meaning behind the festival

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uh before I begin I want to uh dedicate this to the of sour of this year uh this year is about tuat um and um T is very interesting I mean most people understand the concept of tuat which is 15th day ofat uh and obviously has something to ofat uh and obviously has something to do with fruit you know because uh obviously a lot of people eat fruit and they make Broast on the fruit and so on ground but um there has to be something more than just the fact that it's a it's a actually of fruit of fruit M so the question is what does t M so the question is what does t represent on a much more let's I to use the word mystical but a more spiritual level that is the question how do we understand T is really it is the new year for the lest trees which refers to the fruit that this is the time that fruit begin to Blossom which means they begin to come out of a branch uh begin to out of a branch uh begin to emerge so it's called the for the new year for for fruit but it's interesting because there's a that you have to give tumis and myus which is one t which is also a TI uh which is a portion and you have to give it uh if you own a field of fruit trees you have to give obviously the tie and the is

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