Celebrate Tu Bishvat With Beth Am 2025 | 5785
Celebrate Tu Bisvhat With Beth Am 2025 | 5785
Tu Bishvat Begins Wednesday Evening, February 12
Tu Bishvat, or the New Year of the Trees, is Jewish Arbor Day. The holiday is observed on the 15th (tu) of the Hebrew month of Shvat. Scholars believe that originally Tu Bishvat was an agricultural festival, marking the emergence of spring. In the 16th century, Kabbalists created a ritual for Tu Bishvat that is similar to a Passover seder. Today, many Jews hold a modern version of the Tu Bishvat seder each year. The holiday has also become a tree-planting festival in Israel, in which Israelis and Jews around the world plant trees in honor or in memory of loved ones and friends. Come celebrate Tu Bishvat with Congregation Beth Am!
Below you will find a schedule of Beth Am Tu Bishvat activities as well as Tu Bishvat resources
Saturday, February 8:
- Tu Bishvat Tot Shabbat With Guest Mimi Greisman
9:30 AM | Rooms 5, 6 and Playground (registration required)
Sunday, February 9:
- Parent Tu Bishvat Hike
9:00 AM | Meet in the Parent Lounge; Hike Location TBA - Right On Refillery Mobile Refill Station
11:00 AM | Beth Am Parking Lot
Wednesday, February 12:
- Beth Am Women Tu Bishvat Seder
7:30 PM | Rooms 5/6 (registration required by 2/8)
Friday, February 14:
- Tu Bishvat-Themed Oneg Shabbat
7:30 PM | Social Hall
Monday, February 17 (Presidents Day):
- The Orchard Hike and Brews
9:30 AM | Los Gatos Creek Trail (registration required)
Tu Bishvat Resources
Sun, October 19 2025
27 Tishrei 5786
Upcoming Events

Tricks of the Trope, Taught by Cantor Jaime Shpall
Tuesday, Oct 21st 7:00p to 8:00pThe melodies we use for chanting our sacred texts is known as Trope or Cantillation. Trope are the little markings found above and below the biblical Hebrew text that readers use to chant the text properly. You can also learn to chant Torah like a pro!

Distribute Breakfast at Hope’s Corner
Wednesday, Oct 22nd 7:00a to 9:30aBeth Am is part of an interfaith group providing meals to Hope's Corner in Mountain View. We are in need of adult (aged 16+) volunteers to do food preparation under the direction of Hope’s Corner staff.

Klezmer Class, Taught by Musician Naomi Zamir
Thursday, Oct 23rd 7:00p to 8:00pNaomi Zamir, a member of Beth Am and an accordion player, is offering a class to introduce sets of Klezmer tunes she learned at KlezKanada over the past 15 years.

Beth Am Welcomes Our 2025 Saxe Scholar-In-Residence, Rabbi Dr. Rachel Mikva
Friday, Oct 24th 6:15p to 7:30pRabbi Dr. Rachel Mikva serves as the Herman E. Schaalman Chair in Jewish Studies and Senior Faculty Fellow of the InterReligious Institute at Chicago Theological Seminary, working at the cutting edge of theological education.

Beth Am Welcomes Our 2025 Saxe Scholar-In-Residence, Rabbi Dr. Rachel Mikva
Friday, Oct 24th 7:30p to 9:30pRabbi Dr. Rachel Mikva serves as the Herman E. Schaalman Chair in Jewish Studies and Senior Faculty Fellow of the InterReligious Institute at Chicago Theological Seminary, working at the cutting edge of theological education.
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