Monday marks Tu B’Shevat — the 15th of the Hebrew month of Shevat, which is known as “the New Year for Trees.” It is the time of year when the earliest-blooming trees in the land of Israel start to flower. It is the custom to reflect on our relationship with nature and to enjoy fruit, especially the olives, dates, grapes, figs, and pomegranates that are named in the Torah.
At JHE we mark the holiday — as we did in past years — with photos that show how images of fruit and trees figure in to Jewish decorative art: in synagogues, on gravestones, and as part of ritual objects.
2 comments on “Trees and Fruit for Tu B’Shevat”
Happy Tu B’Shevat Kol Yisrael v’ Kol Ha-Olam! Happy Tu B’Shevat all Israel and all the world!
That sort of reflections may be very very well for all sorts of ingeniously differences encountering the miracle ,the miracle,the mystery of The New Year for trees.