Obviously, I don't consider the site as credible. I do wonder where the number 15 came from though. <br><br>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).
<br><br>~Liron<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 7, 2008 11:59 AM, <<a href="mailto:T613K@aol.com">T613K@aol.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div><font style="background-color: transparent;" color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2">From: "Liron Kopinsky" <a href="mailto:liron.kopinsky@gmail.com" target="_blank">liron.kopinsky@gmail.com</a><div class="Ih2E3d">
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<a href="http://www.hillel.org/jewish/holidays/tubshevat/default" target="_blank">http://www.hillel.org/jewish/holidays/tubshevat/default</a><br><br>"...you will need
to purchase both red and white wine and 15 different types<br>of fruits and
nuts; five from each of the following three categories:<br><br>1) fruits or nuts
with an inedible outer shell and an edible inner core:<br></div>pineapple... banana,
....<br><br><br>3) fruits which are edible throughout...<br>and include:
strawberry,... raspberry, blueberry,<br>cranberry....<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>Does anyone know a
source for needing 15 fruits specifically?
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<div>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. </div>
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<div>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
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<hr style="margin-top: 10px;">Start the year off right. <a title="http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489" href="http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489" target="_blank">
Easy ways to stay in shape</a> in the new year. </font></div></div>
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