New Year For Trees Tu B Shevat
We mark the 15th of shevat by eating fruit.
New year for trees tu b shevat. I still talk to trees a joy brought forth from my childhood when my gradfather and i would go to the park to get spring water. It is one of the four jewish new years rosh hashanahs. Fruit and trees are the centrepiece of tu b shevat picture.
ט ו בשבט is a minor jewish holiday occurring on the 15th day of the hebrew month of shevat. Reuters sunday sees the start of the jewish festival of tu b shevat which marks the new year for trees. Tu b shevat is the jewish new year for trees.
ראש השנה לאילנות literally new year of the trees. It is also called rosh hashanah la ilanot hebrew. In contemporary israel the day is celebrated as.
This holiday tu b shevat is a beautiful tribute to the l d s bounty. Tu b shvat the new year for the trees is on thursday january 28 2021 beginning wednesday evening. It is a minor holiday celebrating the birthday of the trees which has significance in the torah s agricultural laws it also reminds us of the sages comparison of man to a tree.
New year for the trees ou staff june 26 2006 first as to the word tu pronounced too in the name tu b shevat tu is constructed from the hebrew letters tet and vav tet is the ninth letter in the hebrew alphabet. On tu b shevat jews often eat fruits associated with the holy land especially the ones. The 15th of shevat on the jewish calendar celebrated this year on thursday january 28 2021 is the day that marks the beginning of a new year for trees.
Tu bishvat 2020 טו ב ש ב ט 5780 tu bishvat new year for trees for hebrew year 5780 began on sunday 9 february 2020 and ended on monday 10 february 2020. The celebration of tu b shevat alternative spellings include tu bishvat or tu b shvat is the new year of trees which is one of the four new years referenced in the mishnah or mishna. Tu b shevat i am so feeling this holiday.