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CelebratingTu Bshvat / Operation Carmel Renewal:From Black to Green

TuBishvat(the15thdayoftheHebrewmonthofShvat)istheNewYearforthetreesofIsrael.Sincethe16thcentury,thisdayhasbeenmarkedbyalovelysederwithsongsandtastingsoffoodsindigenoustotheLandofIsrael.

WewillholdanenchantingTuBishvatSederfortheentirecongregationandhopeyoulljoinusforthisverypopularprogram.

MakeyourreservationsforourTuBshvatSederonSaturday,January22ndat11:00amfollowingourFamilyShabbatService.

TreeordersandTuBishvatSeder

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Pleasereserve_____placesfortheTuBishvatSederRSVPfortheSederbyMonday,January17th;785-1800oremailStephanie@toratyisrael.org

MailcheckspayabletoTempleToratYisraelto:330ParkAvenue,CranstonRI02905

LossesfromtheCarmelForestfire,thelargestinIsrael'shistory,have

beendevastating.Atleast42peopledied,homeswerelostandmore

than12,500acresofforestsdestroyed.JNFforestersestimateover5milliontreeswereburned.

Unfortunately,theroadtorecoveryhasonlyjustbegun.Stayingtrueto

itsmandateofcaringfortheneedsofthelandandpeopleofIsrael,

JewishNationalFunds(JNF)OperationCarmelRenewal:FromBlackto

GreenwillhelprebuildandrenewtheCarmelForest.Theseeffortswillincludeerosionprevention,infrastructurerestoration

andclearingofdebris,creationoffirebreakstopreventfuturefiresfrom

spreading,andcareofthenaturallyregeneratingwoodlands.

Youareencouragedtodonatetotherestabilizationofthesoiland

reforestationofMountCarmelthroughJNF.

PleasesendachecktoJNF:OperationCarmelRenewal:JewishNationalFund 78RandallAvenue RockvilleCentre,NY11570

orlogonto:https://secure2.convio.net/jnf/site/Donation2?df_id=4161&4161.donation=form1