Elegant pears Special TUBishvat

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Elegant pears Special TU-Bishvat
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What is TU-BISHVATTu Bishvat is a minor Jewish
holiday occurring in late winter/early spring.
One of the four "New Years" mentioned in the
Mishnah, Tu Bishvat marks the "New Year for
Trees". The name comes simply from the Hebrew
date of the holiday, which occurs on the 15th day
of Shevat. ("Tu" is for the number 15.) "The
Fifteenth of Shevat". This date generally falls
on the second full moon before Passover. Tu
Bishvat was originally the beginning of the
"legal year" for counting the fruit crop for
tithes. The Talmud gives the reason that most of
the early rains have fallen by this date. It may
be thought of as corresponding to one of the
earliest times at which sap would rise in the
trees in ancient Israel. During the Middle Ages
or possibly a little before that, this day
started to be celebrated with a minor ceremony of
eating fruits, since the Mishnah called it "Rosh
Hashanah" ("New Year"), and that was later
understood as being a time appropriate for
celebration. The text of the Mishnah literally
calls Tu Bishvat the New Year for "The Tree".
Hence, in the 1600s in the Land of Israel, Rabbi
Yitzchak Luria of Safed and his disciples created
a Tu Bishvat seder, somewhat like the Passover
seder, that celebrated the Tree of Life. The
earliest published version of this seder is
called the , which means "The Fruit of the
Beautiful Tree". In modern times Tu Bishvat has
become popular with many Jews, and is celebrated
with much enthusiasm in Jewish schools,
synagogues, and communitiesThe tradition of
planting trees started in 1890 when the teacher
and writer went out with his students in a
school in Zichron Yaakov for a festive planting.
This initiative was adopted in 1908 by the
Israeli Teachers trade union and later on by the
Land Development Authority (Hakeren Hakayemet
LIsrael)
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Ingredients
6-7 pears 6-7 stick of cinnamon 5-6 TBS
honey Handful of pistachio Handful of roasted
nuts Some leftover of puff pastry. VERY VERY
important this toolis nice tool for stuffed
vegetables. Use Peel n Slice if you cant get
it.
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Cut the bottom of the pear with the knifeand
make a hole with the peeler and remove out the
contents of the pear.
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Now, the pears are ready
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Hit the nuts with kitchen-meat-hammer and place
in a bowl.Add the honey and stir.
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Take a TBS of the nut mixture and fill in the
hole in the pear. Then, stick in the cinnamon
stick. place the pears in a cooking tray.
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Slice the puff pastry to strips and tie each
strip on the top of the pearplace the pears in
the oven for 40 mins. On 180c or 350f
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