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.

Tu B’Shvat, the Jewish New Year for the Trees, arrives at the lowest point of winter. The land looks barren, and the trees stand lifeless. Yet, the almond trees—the shkediot—begin to blossom ...

Tu Bishvat is a wonderful opportunity to bring nature into the home. The trend of "bringing nature indoors" is one of the leading design trends for 2025. In the natural design style, we find ...

Israel has a festival for planting trees, which is called Tu Bishvat, which is also known as the New Year for trees. The term “Tu Bishvat: comes from the Jewish date, meaning the 15th of Shvat ...

As we move forward from Tu Bi’Shvat, our commitment to the work of renewal and restoration remains strong. Every tree we plant today is an investment in the future, a step toward healing our ...

Allow me to use the holiday of Tu B’Shvat to point out some of the differences. In my youth, before moving to Israel when I was fifteen, I had a yeshiva education in Baltimore. Every year on Tu ...

Rabbi Yitzhak Yakubovich, rabbi of the Drom Hasharon Regional Council, urges his students to avoid consuming fruits grown and dried in Turkey. 'They have joined our enemies.' ...

In honor of Tu Bishvat, the Jewish holiday of the trees, Surkes reports on the new Jewish Climate Trust, with heavy involvement from philanthropist Steven Bronfman of the Canadian Bronfman family.