Students of the International Humanitarian-Pedagogical Institute “Beit Hana” held a celebration of Tu Bi Shvat – the New Year of Trees – on the basis of the psychological support center “Or Shalom”, working in the structure of the YCC “Solomonika”, with the support of “Joint Ukraine”.
“The holiday turned out to be very bright and interesting and will be remembered by each student, – told our site the teacher of Jewish traditions in “Beit Hana” Leya Lazareva, – at first we had a psychological game: girls drew trees, and art therapist Maria Tkachenko told what means the form, color and details of drawn. Then there was a master class, and we painted acrylic paints on tree slices and exchanged handicrafts”.
After psychological trainings, Leah Lazareva conducted a class on the sicha of the Lubavitcher Rebbe Menachem-Mendel Schneerson “Man is a tree of the field”, which is customary to study on Tu Bi Shvat. In conclusion, the students and faculty fulfilled a Chabad custom on Tu Bi Shvat – eating the fruits for which the Land of Israel is famous, reciting the blessing “Shehecheyanu”.
