New Year In Trees

New year trees are decorated trees similar to christmas trees that are displayed to specifically celebrate the new year.

New year in trees. See also tu bishvat. The date of the holiday. Commonly known as tu bishvat as known as rosh hashanah la ilanot literally the new year of the trees this day marks the season in which the earliest blooming trees in israel emerge from their winter sleep and begin a new fruit bearing cycle.

They observe december 23 as the new year for trees because it falls right after the winter solstice which marks the rebirth of the sun and the start of a new year according to the tree calendar. But the one jewish new year that is truly joyous and wonderful because it is part of a daily life that doesn t break off from customary everyday matters is the new year for trees which takes place between winter and spring in the middle of the month of shvat occurring in january or february. They should not be confused with the practice of leaving up a christmas tree until after new year s day.

The holiday is called tu b shvat because tu is the pronunciation of the numeral 15 when spelled out the letter tes and the letter vav. New year trees are common in various cultures and nations chiefly the former soviet union former yugoslavia turkey china and vietnam. Tu bishvat the new year of the trees 1 has its own cus toms 2 which our rabbis 3 associate with the phrase 4 is man a tree of the field because the tree metaphor is so fundamen tal to our divine service we celebrate the new year of the trees.

This festival is known as tu bshvat. It is first referred to in the late second temple period 515 b c e 20 c e when it was the cut off date for levying the tithe on the produce of fruit trees. Tu b shvat is the new year of the trees and involves planting trees and celebrating their importance.

Tu b shvat is literally the 15th of shvat. Tu b shvat or the new year of the trees planting trees in israel. Tu b shvat is a relatively modern feast.

When jewish colonists returned to palestine during the 1930s they reclaimed the barren land by planting trees wherever they could. The 15th of shevat on the jewish calendar celebrated last week on january 31 is the day that marks the beginning of a new year for trees.