Rabbi B Tu Bishvat Episode

oh hi there i just thought it was a beautiful day outside and i decided it's time to start planting some seeds for the spring but right now i'm gonna i'm actually planting a little tree and i hope that this tree will grow to be a beautiful tree because coming soon it's going to be to be shvat the birthday and the new year for the trees they actually call it the rosh hashanah for the trees that's pretty fun i'm gonna make sure i have lots of soil covering my seed do you hear that oh devorah the bee hello devorah how are you doing long time no see oh devorah has just woken up from a long winter and oh devorah wants to know what i'm doing i'm planting a tree oh well i'm planting it because it's going to be to be shabbat the rosh hashanah for the trees [Music] devorah thinks a tree is gonna dip the apples in the honey no devorah devorah thinks the tree is gonna blow a shofar devorah it's not rosh hashanah like for us jewish people like when we blow a shofar and dip apples and honey it's the birthday of the trees it's the day hashem tells the trees to start waking up and get ready for spring to give us all the yummy fruits the beautiful leaves the shade the beautiful scenery all the things that the trees give us on a daily basis oh that's right devorah knows that trees also give us oxygen to breathe they're really important well we're almost there oh yes devorah says we need to water the tree you're right and oh and sunlight you really know a lot about trees trees really need three special things soil to be planted in sunlight and water to grow very good and that's just like us we also need things to grow we need food water we need love someone to care for us and of course torah and mitzvahs and hashem's help will grow up big and strong just like this little tree i'm planting ah devorah sad why are you sad oh she can't wait for the tree to grow well devorah trees can take hundreds of years to grow to full size it takes them a long time yep we're gonna have to wait a long time devorah but i'll tell you what why don't you come along with me and we'll do something fun together and we'll sing some songs and get ready for tu bishvat the birthday of the trees see you soon come along come along come along with me it's to the schwatz let's plant a tree come along come along come along with me come along with rabbi b we'll eat some very special fruits we'll learn about branches and roots we'll meet some animals like ducks and bees and celebrate the birthday of the trees come along come along come along with me it's to be shot let's plant a tree come along come along come along with me come along with rabbi b [Music] to be schwart is the holiday of the trees and of all the things that trees give us i think fruit is the best one it's healthy delicious and good for you it's also really fun to use when you're doing a fun tubishvat craft especially a craft that you can eat afterwards today we're going to make some tubishvat fruit faces all you need is some fruit and an empty plate and you're ready to go now some of these fruits are great for tupisvat because they come from trees and their bracha is a beret parish for example the grapes the oranges apples even blueberries are bore parrija eights now bananas and melons are beret parrija dama but they're also fun to use and good for you too so don't worry about that now before you try any of the fruits we're going to make a bracha and i think i'm going to eat a lot of grapes today so i'm going to make a bracha on the grape first [Music] delicious all right so i'm ready i have my plate i have my fruit now i also have some fruit already cut up this fruit is already cup so i have some bananas some blueberries some oranges watermelon raisins kiwis already cut up for these fun fruit faces so if you want to get yourself ready to make some fruit faces ask a grown-up to help cut up some different fruits in all different shapes and sizes and that will let you be free and have some fun making your fruit faces alright let's begin okay i think i'm gonna start with the eyes i like to use big kiwis for my eyes so let's put a big kiwi over here and a big kiwi over here all right so we have our two eyes now i also like to add some under other parts of the eyes so let's use some bananas and we'll make those the other part of the eye you know kind of like the eyeball the white part of the eye and then maybe some blueberries as the eyeballs whereas the the black part of your eye there we go those look like eyes to me all right i think our guy needs some eyebrows let's give him some some more kiwi eyebrows this time let's use sliced kiwis like this that are kind of sliced kind of like half circles so we can give them some funny eyebrows just like that all right how about a nose i think for a nose let's use maybe an orange slice for a nose that could be fun i always thought orange slices also could kind of be ears too see there you go we have some ears as well all right next he's gonna need a mouth looks like the red watermelon is a good way to start find some pieces of watermelon and you can kind of piece it together or you could even just use a small piece or kind of make up kinds of pieces for the watermelon we're going to see over there all right and his nose is going to go nice and straight over there and the watermelon mouth hmm looks pretty good so far how about we give him some hair maybe we'll use some raisins how about we give him a mustache maybe we'll make a fruit rabbit all right here's a fruit rabbit some hair for his mustache and maybe let's get some more raisins down there for a nice big beard if you know rabbi b's beard goes up in front of his ears that's where my pace is my sideburns that's pretty funny almost looks like me i think it's making a rabbi b fruit face you can make yourself you can make your abba you could make your ima get a few more raisins just to fill it in all right huh that looks pretty good now i think we need some hair for mr rabbi b over here let's give him some blueberry hair i think i'll use some of these blueberries and just fill up some of the hair up top all right some blueberry hair just grab some full blueberries for that all right nice full blueberries for his blueberry hair very sweet haircut all right anything else maybe give him oh we can give him some other things we can give him some some kind of under his eyes maybe some pink under his eyes or even you can give him some rosy cheeks how about some rosy cheeks that could be funny there we go some rosy cheeks and oh we didn't use any grapes maybe we can fill in some grapes maybe just don't use any grapes maybe the grapes will be for eating well there you go a rabbi b funny fruit face that's a lot of fun and you can get creative and use all kinds of fruits that you like and don't forget to make a bracha the bracha on fruit is alright time to eat the yummy fruit face we'll see you soon seven wonderful fruits seven wonderful fruits that come from eritis rael seven wonderful fruits seven wonderful fruits seven wonderful fruits that come from the land of israel seven wonderful fruits hmm [Music] stalks of barley and wheat stalks of barley and wheat good enough to eat those stalks of barley and wheat grapes that grow on a vine grapes that grow on a vine you could make juice or wine with grapes that grow on a vine eretz vitas aurora gefenta rimone eretz [Music] figs and honey dates pigs and honey dates all things hush and creates those figs and honey dates pomegranate filled with seeds a pomegranate filled with seeds fill us up with good deeds like a pomegranate filled with seeds aurora geffen to [Music] olives for olive oil olives for olive oil in the torah we should toil olives for olive oil seven wonderful fruits seven wonderful fruits that come from eretz israel seven wonderful fruits eretzlytasaurus [Music] seven wonderful fruits seven wonderful fruits that come from eretz yisrael seven wonderful fruits [Music] hmm [Music] oh there's many kinds of trees all over the whole world there's virgin pine and tamarack maple and douglas fir aspen larch and sassafras willow and hickory and that's not even close to us naming every tree [Music] oh there's sycamore spruce walnut tree hawthorne and cottonwood cherry elman locust and a cedar's really good there's chestnut ashen maiden hair sequoia and red wood should we name a couple more i think we really should some trees are deciduous with leaves that change and fall some trees are coniferous they don't really change at all beach and mahogany i think we nearly just about named every single tree oh trees are so important if i could be a tree i would we get all sorts of things from them like oxygen and wood so don't chop them down too much cause that would be no good go and thank some trees today around your neighborhood go and thank some trees today around your neighborhood i know you know that tu b'shvat is the birthday and rosh hashanah of the trees but what does the word tu bishvat mean well the first part two is not the number two it's actually two different letters of the aleph bet a tet and above you put a tet and above together and that makes the word two tet and vav can also be numbers tet can be nine and vo can be six nine plus six is fifteen so two is actually fifteen and the word bishvat means in or of shavat shavat is a hebrew month usually it falls around february time so to be shvat means the 15th day of the month of shavatt [Music] i wish i had an airplane i'd fly across the sea i'd fly to eretz israel and there i'd plant a tree for two two to be schwart for to be schwart four two two to be schmatt for two beeshbot or maybe we should take a sailboat i wish i had a sail boat i'd sail across the sea i'd sail to eretz israel and there i'd plant a tree for two to [Music] or maybe a rocket ship ten nine eight seven six five four three two ignition blast on i wish i had a rocket ship i'd blast across the sea i'd fly to eretz israel and there i'd plant a tree for two to to be spot for two bee spots four two two two beach butts or how about a submarine i wish i had a submarine i'd float under the sea i'd flow to eretz israel and there i'd plant a tree four two two to be spot for two bees four two two to be but to be spot [Music] of the trees you know the torah says hassa den a person is like a tree now we're not a tree we don't have roots or a trunk or branches or leaves or fruits but we do have legs and a body arms and fingers and we also have other kinds of things that help us be who we are like a family like all the mitzvahs that we do but right now let's do a song because for people we sing songs like head shoulders knees and toes but a tree would sing the song like this roots trunk branches leaves branches leaves roots trunk branches leaves branches leaves roots and trunk and branches and leaves roots and trunk branches leaves branches leaves we could try those words in hebrew also roots the parts of the tree that go in the ground are called shorashim so when we say roots we'll say shorashim good now the trunk of a tree is called gezza gezza great job so now we'll say shorashim gezza great now the branches branches are ana ana and the leaves are alim great a lim so the song will go do you think you could do that with me how about we try it a little bit faster here we go [Music] did you do it should we try it a little faster let's go here we go one two three shorashim gaza what you want to try it even faster than that okay here we go one two three shiroshima gaza anathem alim shirashim gaza nafeem alim sharashin kaza anavim even faster oh my goodness okay ready set go she even gets honest with you guys i'll leave you guys i'm about to fall over you're going to have to say timber well next time you see a tree see if you can find its shorashim it's geza it's anathem and it's alim [Music] the shemesha [Music] but that's not how birds sing let's sing like a bird [Music] all right well instead of a bird maybe it would be a dog a kellev on the roof hashtag [Music] oh or instead of a dog maybe it's a cat [Music] on the roof [Music] or instead of a cat maybe there's a duck a barbaz on the roof [Music] or instead of a duck maybe there is a snake [Music] on the roof cold [Music] or maybe instead of a snake there's a lion an aryan on the roof [Music] or maybe instead of a lion maybe there are some kids yella deem under the roof [Music] oh [Music] well i hope you enjoyed singing songs and having fun for tu b'shvat if you see a tree don't forget to wish it a happy birthday oh you're right devorah our tree did not grow very much as i said trees take many many years to grow would you like to wait dvorah and watch all those years pass so the tree can grow okay here we go let's speed up the clock and watch the tree grow oh no devorah we waited too long now now i'm gonna have to be called zaydibi oh oh i'm gonna have to go and find out what happened the past 50 years [Music] rabbi b loves hearing 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