Tu Bishvat is a holiday that signifies the beginning of the Biblical agricultural cycle, the first sap of the season, and also serves as an ancient calculation system for laws regarding tithes and ...

1. What is the origin of Tu Bishvat? Tu Bishvat is first mentioned in the Mishneh (Rosh Hashanah 1:1) as a cut- off date for the tithing of fruits for the Temple priests and for the poor. 2. Where is ...

Every year, on the Hebrew date of Tu Bishvat, we celebrate a strange holiday – the New Year of the Trees. The name is a short form of “the 15th of Shvat” – (9) plus vav (6) equals 15. It also has ...

It may be winter in the U.S., but in Israel, spring is beginning. The annual Jewish holiday Tu BiShvat honors this moment in time. It's "become for many an environmental holiday, a reminder that we ...

Tu Bishvat is a somewhat subdued day of note relative to the other celebratory days of the Jewish calendar, and is not a festival that too many eagerly prepare for or look forward to. Not too long ...

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Rabbis in Minneapolis reflect on the agricultural holiday of Tu Bishvat and what it means for the city after the killings by ICE agents. The Jewish festival of Tu BiShvat begins tonight. It's a ...

Tu BiShevat should have been the bar mitzvah for trees, except that this is a yearly cycle. Even though the produce of the new year has been decreed at Rosh Hashanah, still, there are other ...