[Avodah] 15 different fruits on Tu B'shvat

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From: "Liron Kopinsky" _liron.kopinsky at gmail.com_ 
(mailto:liron.kopinsky at gmail.com) 

>From  http://www.hillel.org/jewish/holidays/tubshevat/default

"...you will need  to purchase both red and white wine and 15 different types
of fruits and  nuts; five from each of the following three categories:

1) fruits or nuts  with an inedible outer shell and an edible inner core:
pineapple... banana,  ....


3) fruits which are edible throughout...
and include:  strawberry,... raspberry, blueberry,
cranberry....
Does anyone know a  source for needing 15 fruits specifically?  << 




>>>>
The URL you gave was to Hillel, which is a non-Orthodox organization,  
officially non-sectarian but defacto Conservative.  The post sounds like  made-up 
Conservative minhag to me.  Tu B'Shvat is the new year for /trees/  so any fruit 
whose bracha is "ha'adamah" seems to me to be  irrelevant.  Out go the 
pineapples, bananas, and berries.  
 
Many people do not realize, BTW, that "fruits and vegetables" are culinary  
but /not/ scientific categories of plants.  Scientifically the categories  are 
"fruits, seeds, stems, leaves, and roots."   Whoever made this  Hillel list, 
with bananas and pineapple, didn't realize that they could  just as easily have 
included in their Tu B'Shvat seder tomatoes, cucumbers, and  pumpkins, which 
are all scientific fruits.  Growing on trees or the  ground BTW is not 
relevant to whether something is a fruit, but IS relevant  to what bracha you make 
and whether it's suitable for Tu  B'Shvat.




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