The Ministry of Defense purchased some 10 tons of dried for the IDF’s soldiers in honor of Tu Bishvat.
The 10-ton purchase included 2,000 kilograms of raisins, about 500 kg of Almonds, a ton of peanuts, a ton and a half of dried apricots,1,000 kg of banana chips and a half ton of cranberries.
Tu BiShvat, Hebrew for the 15th of the month of Shvat, is a Jewish holiday which celebrates the date for calculating the beginning of the agricultural cycle for the purpose of Maaser.
Fruit, and various nuts are traditionally eaten on Tu BiShvat.