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===Eating Fruit=== | ===Eating Fruit=== | ||
# The minhag is to | # The minhag is to increase the amount of tree fruits one usually eats on Tu BiShevat. <ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 139:26, Magen Avraham OC 131:16, Tikkun Yissachar pg. 25, Kaf Hachaim 131:97, Mishna Brurah 131:31 and 225:19, Yalkut Yosef Moadim pg. 248:5, Moadim LiSimcha vol. 3 pg. 20-27 </ref> One reason for this minhag is to remind us to pray for the welfare of the trees in the coming year.<ref>Ilan Ilan Bamah Yivarechacha p. 7 quoting Adnei Paz 131</ref> | ||
# Some have the custom to have a [[seder]] of eating fruits on Tu Bishvat. <ref> Moed Likol Chai 30:7-8 quotes several customs with what exactly to do to celebrate with a [[seder]]. see [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/displayRead.asp?readID=1576 dailyhalacha] by Rabbi Eli Mansour for how it should be done </ref> | |||
# Some have the minhag to eat carob on Tu Bishvat. <ref> [http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/1109802/jewish/Why-Eat-Carob-on-Tu-BShevat.htm Chabad.org] see there for reasons </ref> | # Some have the minhag to eat carob on Tu Bishvat. <ref> [http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/1109802/jewish/Why-Eat-Carob-on-Tu-BShevat.htm Chabad.org] see there for reasons </ref> | ||
# The custom of eating fruits applies to women as well. <ref> Nitei Gavriel [[Purim]] 4:pg. 69. </ref> | # The custom of eating fruits applies to women as well. <ref> Nitei Gavriel [[Purim]] 4:pg. 69. </ref> | ||
# Some people have the custom of eating a special seuda on Tu Bishevat. <ref> Moadim Lisimcha 3: pg. 34-35 </ref> | # Some people have the custom of eating a special seuda on Tu Bishevat. <ref> Moadim Lisimcha 3: pg. 34-35 </ref> | ||
# There is a minhag to eat [[etrog]] jam on Tu B'Shvat. <ref> Kaf Hachaim 664:60, Yalkut Yosef Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 665:4 and Moadim pg 248, Elef Hamagen 660:6. Kaf Hachaim adds that if a pregnant woman eats this jam she will have an easy labor </ref> Some say that one should recite [[shehechiyanu]] when doing so. <ref> [http://thehalacha.com/wp-content/uploads/Vol8Issue1.pdf Halachically Speaking Vol. 8 Issue 1]. </ref> Other disagree. <ref> Ben Ish Chai Year 1 Parashat Reeh halacha 12 writes that [[shehechiyanu]] should not be recited, as it has already been said on [[sukkot]] when it was taken with the daled minim and that covers the eating as well. Yalkut Yosef Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 225:10 and Moadim pg. 248 agrees but writes that a woman may recite [[shehecheyanu]] since she didn't do so on [[Sukkot]]. Therefore, Yalkut Yosef Moadim pg. 250 says that one should have in mind on [[sukkot]] when reciting [[shehechiyanu]] to cover the eating as well </ref> | # There is a minhag to eat [[etrog]] jam on Tu B'Shvat. <ref> Kaf Hachaim 664:60, Yalkut Yosef Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 665:4 and Moadim pg 248, Elef Hamagen 660:6. Kaf Hachaim adds that if a pregnant woman eats this jam she will have an easy labor </ref> Some say that one should recite [[shehechiyanu]] when doing so. <ref> [http://thehalacha.com/wp-content/uploads/Vol8Issue1.pdf Halachically Speaking Vol. 8 Issue 1]. </ref> Other disagree. <ref> Ben Ish Chai Year 1 Parashat Reeh halacha 12 writes that [[shehechiyanu]] should not be recited, as it has already been said on [[sukkot]] when it was taken with the daled minim and that covers the eating as well. Yalkut Yosef Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 225:10 and Moadim pg. 248 agrees but writes that a woman may recite [[shehecheyanu]] since she didn't do so on [[Sukkot]]. Therefore, Yalkut Yosef Moadim pg. 250 says that one should have in mind on [[sukkot]] when reciting [[shehechiyanu]] to cover the eating as well </ref> | ||
# Some say that one should pray that he will have a nice [[etrog]] the next [[Sukkot]]. <ref> Ben Ish Chai in his Lashon Chachamim 1:35 composed a [http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xWFKiPJDO_I/R5iZl5QL9cI/AAAAAAAAAmE/T3X8enOg6vw/s1600-h/esrog.bmp special tefilla] (see link or [http://choshvei.blogspot.com/2008/01/tu-bshvat-tefillah-for-beautiful-esrog.html english translation] to be said, Taamei Haminhagim 866, Bnei Yissaschar Shevat 2:2. see also [http://www.halachayomit.co.il/EnglishDisplayRead.asp?readID=1804 Halacha Yomit] of Chacham Ovadia Yosef </ref> This may even be done on [[Shabbat]] <ref> Halichot Shlomo 1:17 note 14 </ref> | # Some say that one should pray that he will have a nice [[etrog]] the next [[Sukkot]]. <ref> Ben Ish Chai in his Lashon Chachamim 1:35 composed a [http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xWFKiPJDO_I/R5iZl5QL9cI/AAAAAAAAAmE/T3X8enOg6vw/s1600-h/esrog.bmp special tefilla] (see link or [http://choshvei.blogspot.com/2008/01/tu-bshvat-tefillah-for-beautiful-esrog.html english translation] to be said, Taamei Haminhagim 866, Bnei Yissaschar Shevat 2:2. see also [http://www.halachayomit.co.il/EnglishDisplayRead.asp?readID=1804 Halacha Yomit] of Chacham Ovadia Yosef </ref> This may even be done on [[Shabbat]] <ref> Halichot Shlomo 1:17 note 14 </ref> | ||
===Checking Fruit for Bugs=== | ===Checking Fruit for Bugs=== | ||
# As always, one must be sure that the fruit he is eating is clean from bugs. <ref> [http://www.halachayomit.co.il/EnglishDisplayRead.asp?readID=1804 Halacha Yomit of Chacham Ovadia Yosef] </ref> see [ | # As always, one must be sure that the fruit he is eating is clean from bugs. <ref> [http://www.halachayomit.co.il/EnglishDisplayRead.asp?readID=1804 Halacha Yomit of Chacham Ovadia Yosef] </ref> see [[Checking for Bugs]] | ||
==Laws of Terumot and Maaserot== | ==Laws of Terumot and Maaserot== | ||
