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Tu BiShvat seder

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “festive meal featuring fruits in honor of the jewish holiday of tu bishvat”. Today it says “festive ceremony”.
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Tu BiShvat seder table A Tu BiShvat seder is a festive ceremony, often accompanied by a meal featuring fruits in honor of the Jewish holiday of Tu BiShvat . During the Middle Ages or possibly a little before that, this day started to be celebrated with a minor ceremony of eating fruits, since the Mishnah called it "Rosh Hashanah" ("New Year"), and that was later understood as being a time appropriate for celebration.

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Then

festive meal featuring fruits in honor of the jewish holiday of tu bishvat

Now

festive ceremony

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