Tu BiShvat or the “New Year of the Trees” is Jewish Arbor Day. The holiday is observed on the 15th (tu) of the Hebrew month of Shvat. Scholars believe that originally Tu BiShvat was an ...

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Tu Bishvat, the Jewish New Year for Trees, is a joyous celebration deeply rooted in Jewish tradition. Beyond being a moment to appreciate the beauty of nature, this holiday underscores the Jewish ...

Tu BiShvat, commonly known as the “Jewish New Year for the Trees,” was celebrated yesterday, Jan. 24, on the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Shevat. The Slifka Center held a communal dinner in the ...

Held days ahead of Tu BiShvat, the Jewish new year for the trees, the planting ceremony was one of several worldwide to pay tribute to the victims of Oct. 7 by seeding new life.

Ahead of Tu Bishvat, Israelis and Jews worldwide plant trees to honor Oct. 7 victims Relatives of those murdered by Hamas-led terrorists at Supernova music festival hold tree-planing ceremony at ...

Planting trees is an annual tradition on Tu BiShvat, which falls this year on Wednesday night and Thursday.

Over time, after the destruction of the temple, Tu Bishvat observance evolved. In modern Israel, Tu Bishvat has become a national Arbor Day, when children leave school to plant trees.

Tu BiShvat began as the “new year for trees” in the Mishnah, a text of Jewish religious law that was written down almost 2,000 years ago.