Russia – Jewish senior citizens at the Shaarei Tzedek center in Moscow enjoyed a large vat of fruit salad in honor of the holiday of Tu B’Shevat, a day popularly known as the New Year for trees and celebrated with the eating of fruit.
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Some 150 elderly volunteers chopped up an estimated five tons of produce at the event, which was attended by Russian Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar, a Chabad-Lubavitch emissary. The volunteers then distributed the salad to thousands of local Jews in advance of the holiday, which this year, occurred on Jan. 30.
During the festivities, the center displayed an exhibit of photographs of orchards and fields in the Holy Land.
Are there really that many jews in Moscow to eat that all up?
Lot’s of Babushka’s there
One conservative estimate puts the number of Jews in Moscow at roughly one hundred thousand.
OK… 5 tons=10,000 Pounds… Divided by 100,000 Jews, and thats 1.6 ounces of fruit per person. Thus, everyone gets either an apple quarter or a section of a tangerine.
Cheers 🙂