According to the Mishna (the first major written collection of the Jewish oral traditions known as the Oral Torah), Tu B'Av was a joyous holiday in the days of the Temple in Jerusalem, marking the beginning of the grape harvest. Unmarried girls dressed in white garments and went out to dance in the vineyards. In modern times it is celebrated as a holiday of love and is said to be a great day for weddings, commitment ceremonies or proposing.
Despite the fact that Israelis don't commemorate Valentine's Day, Mister
Handmade in Israel and I both grew up in the UK and we enjoy keeping some
British traditions. We exchanged Valentine's cards and this week I made pancakes
for Shrove Tuesday as well!
Ever since I created
this papercut for his 50th birthday, Mister Handmade in Israel has been a big fan
of that style of art. For Valentine's Day I made him this papercut card with a heart and the
message 'I Love You' on it. I cut the card out of white stock and added a
red paper inlay.
The shops here are not usually full of Valentine's Day goodies and
cards as I remember they were in the UK and anyway they are all still
closed, but Mister Handmade in Israel did send me these gorgeous tulips and
I received this wonderful package of English chocolates too! I mentioned in
a recent post that our supply of English chocolate had long dried up, but
some food shops here seem to have cottoned on to the fact that we British
immigrants want a taste of the homeland. I was delighted to receive these
Flakes, Twirl Bites, a Galaxy Bar and a Cadbury Creme Egg! Mister Handmade
in Israel got a giant bag of Maltesers Teasers.
Valentine's Day or Tu B'Av, it is never a bad a idea to bring flowers and
chocolate to your loved one 😏
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16 comments:
Fun to have candy from your childhood!
Beautiful card!
What a great card! Glad you two had a special day!
Your card is beautiful and so are the tulips
That card is beautiful and I love your flowers.
Gorgeous card and who could resist that bag of chocolatey goodness?! xx
Gorgeous card! I am not sure that I would have the patience for paper cutting! #pocolo
This is a beautiful card!
They are delightful! Happy weekend to you!
What beautiful Valentine's Day surprises! Glad you had a lovely day. Enjoy your weekend matey. xx
How lovely!
Happy Valentine's Day. Lovely to hear what is and isn't celebrated in other countries.
Thank you for linking with #pocolo and hope to see you back next week
How lovely that you gave each other Valentine’s Day gifts! Pretty card & gorgeous flowers, not to mention the chocolate!
beautiful and perfect card! favourite chocolates makes this day even more special :)
Have heard about Tu B'av - sounds romantic. Do you know in the USA, Valentine's Day (used to be when kids went to class every day) is just as much celebrated by the kids - writing each other a Valentine's card, with candy in the envelope, as for adults, who give each other flowers and/or chocolates to family, friends, and even acquaintances. So it's not only about romantic love, but also about friendship.
Thank you for sending All Seasons your Valentine's card, Jesh
PS Thank you for your kind comment about the storm
It sounds like a perfect Valentine's Day. I really love the card! We're longing for tulips here. I hoped to find some in the store on the weekend, but no such luck. Yours are so pretty!
So sweet! And I enjoyed learning about the Israeli Holiday. How lucky for you that you now have two days to celebrate your love for each other! I’m way late reading this (or else way early, depending which holiday))...but either way it is never the wrong time fir love (or chocolate )!
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