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Tu Bishvat (ט״ו בשבט ṭū bišḇāṭ ) is the Jewish holiday equivalent of Arbor Day — it is the new year for trees . This day was set aside in the Mishnah on which to bring fruit tithes . It is still celebrated in modern times. In the 1600s Land of Israel , Rabbi Yitzchak Luria of Safed and his disciples created a short seder , reminiscent of the seder that Jews observe on Pesach , that explores the holiday's Kabbalistic themes. It is customary on this holiday to eat different types of fruit. Traditionally, these types of fruit are: Fruits and nuts with hard, inedible exteriors and soft edible insides. Examples: oranges , bananas , walnuts , pistachios . Fruits and nuts with soft exteriors, but with a hard pit inside. Examples: dates , apricots , olives , persimmons Fruit that is eaten entire. In addition, kabbalistic tradition says that there is a fourth type of fruit, not of this world. The Jewish people gave trees a place of honor in the Jewish calendar. The scholars of the Mishna were greatly concerned with the date. Beit Hillel and Beit Shamai were divided on the issue of the date on which plants awaken from their winter hibernation and start to feed on the rains of the new year. "The first of Shvat is the arbor new year", said Beit Shamai. "The fifteenth," responded the Beit Hillel. (The Mishna of Rosh Hashana, A) It was the ruling of Beit Hillel that was finally adopted.1
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Tu Bishvat ( ) is a minor Jewish holiday , usually occurring in late January or early February, that marks the "New Year of the Trees" ( ).Tu Bishvat is one of four "New Years" mentioned in the Mishnah .Customs include planting trees and eating dried fruits and nuts, especially figs , dates , raisins , carob , and almonds .In Israel , the flowering of the almond tree, which grows wild around the country, coincides with Tu Bishvat.Tu Bishvat is celebrated on the 15th day of the Jewish month of Shevat .
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Tu BiShvat ( ) is a Jewish holiday occurring on the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Shevat (in 2015, Tu BiShvat begins at sunset on 3 February and ends at nightfall on 4 February).It is also called "Rosh HaShanah La'Ilanot" ( ), literally "New Year of the Trees." In contemporary Israel, the day is celebrated as an ecological awareness day, and trees are planted in celebration.Its role is important to the concept of Chadash .
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Minor Jewish holiday Tu BiShvat ( ; tú bish'vat ) is a Jewish holiday occurring on the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Shevat (in 2020, Tu BiShvat begins at sunset on February 9 and ends in the evening of February 10). It is also called Rosh HaShanah La'Ilanot ( ), literally 'New Year of the Trees'. In contemporary Israel , the day is celebrated as an ecological awareness day, and trees are planted in celebration.
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Minor Jewish holiday Tu BiShvat ( ט״ו בִּשְׁבָט ) is a Jewish holiday occurring on the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Shevat (in 2023, Tu BiShvat begins at sunset on February 5 and ends in the evening of February 6).It is also called Rosh HaShanah La'Ilanot ( ראש השנה לאילנות ), literally "New Year of the Trees". In contemporary Israel , the day is celebrated as an ecological awareness day, and trees are planted in celebration.
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Minor Jewish holiday Tu BiShvat ( Hebrew : ט״ו בִּשְׁבָט , romanized : Ṭū bīŠvāṭ , lit. ' 15th of Shevat ' ) is a Jewish holiday occurring on the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Shevat . It is also called Rosh HaShanah La'Ilanot ( ראש השנה לאילנות ), literally " New Year to the Trees". In contemporary Israel , the day is celebrated as an ecological awareness day, and trees are planted in celebration.
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