In the eighth month of the Hijri lunar year, on the fifteenth night of Sha'ban, one of the holiest nights in the Islamic calendar, Shab-e-Barat is celebrated. As the 'Night of Forgiveness,' this night ...

Tu Bishvat is not mentioned in the Bible at all. It first appears in the Mishna (around 200 CE), not as a festival but simply as a date marking the calculation of tithes for fruit trees. Over the ...