When is Tu BiShvat this year?

Tu BiShvat is the 15th of Shevat. This page lists the exact date for the coming year, taken live from the Jewish calendar for Boca Raton.

What is a Tu BiShvat seder?

A Sephardic and North African custom of eating many kinds of fruit in order, each with its blessing and a short passage learned before it, beginning with the seven species of the land of Israel.

Does the shul hold a Tu BiShvat seder?

When a community seder is held, the date, place and time appear on this page and go out by email. Our daily minyanim run as usual either way.

Boca Raton, Florida

Tu BiShvat in Boca Raton

ט״ו בשבט

The new year for trees, kept the Sephardic way — a seder of thirty fruits, the seven species of the land in order, and a passage learned over each one.

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When

Saturday, January 23, 2027

Tu BiShvat begins the evening before, at candle lighting.

Where

To be announced

The venue for Tu BiShvat is set closer to the date. Leave your email below and we’ll write to you as soon as it is.

Service schedule

The Tu BiShvat schedule is announced in shul and by email a few weeks beforehand. Our daily minyanim run as usual in the meantime — see minyan times.

Dates & candle lighting in Boca Raton

Tu BiShvatט״ו בשבט
Saturday, January 23, 2027

Times calculated for Boca Raton, 18 minutes before sunset.

Customs of the days

Seder of the fruits: The Sephardic and North African custom of a full seder — thirty kinds of fruit where possible, each with its berakha and a passage learned before it.
The seven species: Wheat, barley, grapes, figs, pomegranates, olives and dates — the fruits of the land, eaten first and in order.
A new fruit: A fruit not yet tasted this season, so the berakha of Shehecheyanu can be said over it.
No fasting, no eulogies: Tu BiShvat is the new year for trees. Tahanun is omitted and the day is kept with quiet joy.
Carob and etrog jam: Bokser and preserved etrog from Sukkot appear on many Sephardic tables for the occasion.
Learning for the trees: Passages from Tanakh, Mishna and Zohar about each fruit are read between the berakhot at the seder.

Everyone is welcome

Congregation Bircat Shalom is a family-friendly Sephardic Orthodox synagogue in West Boca Raton, serving Boca Raton, Delray Beach, Boynton Beach, Coral Springs, Parkland and Deerfield Beach. There are no tickets and no membership requirement to daven with us on Tu BiShvat — just come. Email the shul with any question, or read about keeping kosher locally.

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