In the hierarchy of Jewish holidays, Tu B’Shevat, the new year for trees, doesn’t have it so easy. It doesn’t have the glamour of Purim, or the menu of Rosh Hashanah, or the gravitas of Yom Kippur – but it’s still important.
Here’s everything you need to know about the agricultural festival…
1. It falls on the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Shevat.
2. That means it starts at sunset on the 24 January this year, but because the Hebrew calendar doesn’t match up to our calendar, it’s different every year.
3. Tu means 15, and Shevat is the month, hence the name Tu B’Shevat.
4. Its other name, Rosh HaShanah La’Ilanot means ‘New Year of… Read the full story