Tu B'Shevat Jewish Pavilion style

The Festival of Trees,Tu B'Shevat, was celebrated at Brookdale Dr. Phillips-Clare Bridge this week. Jewish Pavilion program pirector for West Orange County, Gloria Green, presented a Tu B'Shevat Seder to the 12 guests who attended. Featured was a seder plate with five different fruits, plus olives, nuts and fig newton pieces. Also, there was a challah representing wheat, and a demonstration plate of peelable fruits, including Clementine oranges, a pomegranate, pear, apple, and lime. After being asked to guess the name of each one, sampling plates were passed for all to enjoy the "fruits" of these trees. Those attending indicated through their smiles that they enjoyed celebrating this New Year for Trees.