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Today the Jewish world celebrates Tu Bi Shvat, the New Year of the Trees, symbolizing rebirth, growth and the human connection to nature. Jewish Big Brothers/Big Sisters (JBBBS) members began preparing for this bright day as early as the last meeting so that they could greet the holiday with special knowledge and good deeds

The Jewish Community of Dnipro and our website congratulate Igor Valeryevich Kolomoisky, one of the founders of the revived Jewish community of the city, President of the United Jewish Community of Ukraine and the creator of the Museum “The Memory of the Jewish People and the Holocaust in Ukraine” on his birthday

The head of our generation, the Lubavitcher Rebbe Menachem-Mendel Schneerson, paid great attention to explaining the meanings of Jewish holidays, including Tu Bi Shvat, which we celebrate today. In particular, the Rebbe explained in detail the symbolism and meaning of the seven fruits for which the Land of Israel is famous and which are inextricably linked to this holiday

In the program for Jewish teens “Teens”, implemented by the Jewish Community of Dnipro with the support of STL and “Enerjew” (a project of JRNU Foundation), the month of Shvat was very intense and every Sunday class was dedicated to the main holidays of this month – Yud Shvat, Tu Bi Shvat and 22 Shvat
Although almost two months have passed since the beginning of Hanukkah, information about Hanukkah events related to our city continues to come in. The Dnieper branch of Sokhnut-Ukraine reported on how the DACHA VDOMA youth festival, which it held in Transcarpathia, fared during the days of Hanukkah

Representatives of various confessional and national communities of Dnipro, scientific community, students of the city and philanthropists took part in the presentation of the book “Umerovi: the history of the homeland on the tlі of the Crimean Tatar national rukh of the XX-XXI century”, which was held in the regional library of Dnipro.

This year Shabbat coincided with the anniversary of Yud Shvat and special farbrengens were organized at Golden Rose Synagogue to commemorate the 75th anniversary of a key event in the Jewish life of our generation – the day of the departure of the previous Sixth Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak, and the assumption of the title of Rebbe by Rabbi Menachem-Mendel Schneerson