[Avodah] 15 different fruits on Tu B'shvat

[Liron Kopinsky]

Obviously, I don't consider the site as credible. I do wonder where the
number 15 came from though.

It's a relatively interesting challenge to try and find 15 different fruits
with a haEtz beracha since obviously pineapple, banana, strawberry etc.
don't count. Additionally, one cannot eat all of the 7 minim since
wheat/barley are not haEtz either. In fact, at this time of year it might
not even be possible unless you either go for very exotic expensive fruits,
or treat different kinds of oranges as the different types or to go with
fruits like nectarines which a Jew shouldn't be making (although eating is
fine).

~Liron

On Jan 7, 2008 11:59 AM, <T613K at aol.com> wrote:

>   From: "Liron Kopinsky" 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.
>
> **
> *--Toby Katz
> =============*
>
>
>
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