tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326275254885383049.post4106679610488799079..comments2023-05-15T01:55:22.546-07:00Comments on Bitai avon!: Tu BishvatNikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06474380062095626197noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326275254885383049.post-65930005124701221662009-02-28T12:55:00.000-08:002009-02-28T12:55:00.000-08:00When I was a child, each year (perhaps on Tu Bishv...When I was a child, each year (perhaps on Tu Bishvat) my grandfather would donate money (or maybe it was tithing) to have trees planted in Israel in my name (I'm doing this parenthesis so I have three in one sentence). I always wanted to see "my" trees - they must be huge by now! He did this for my sisters and my cousins as well so we might have a grove. I'm hoping they were lemon trees. I don't remember any connection with almonds though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326275254885383049.post-75349919104461841542009-02-10T05:51:00.000-08:002009-02-10T05:51:00.000-08:00I was mistaken. Boy was I mistaken. Apparently t...I was mistaken. Boy was I mistaken. Apparently the entire country has the day off for the holiday. There was a pouring rain thunderstorm today, so we decided to escape it by driving to the mall to see a movie. We got there at noon. All of the movies (and this is a theater that is showing 20+ films) were sold out until 4pm! Crazy!Nikihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06474380062095626197noreply@blogger.com