by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 23, 2024 | Shevat, Tu B'shvat
There are multiple places in the Bible in which humans are compared to trees. In Deuteronomy 20:19, for example, the Torah asks, “Are trees of the field human to withdraw before you into the besieged city?” While this understanding seems to imply that...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 5, 2023 | Bible Study, Tu B'shvat
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz Before I became religious I did not take public celebrations seriously, but all of my energy went into New Year’s eve. Unfortunately, that usually meant drinking to excess and little else. So when I found out that Judaism has FOUR new...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 22, 2023 | Israel, Shevat, Tu B'shvat, Zechariah
By Chaim Barzel This verse from Zechariah is the very first verse in the Hebrew Bible that mentions the month of Shevat. But it’s only the second that mentions “the eleventh month.” Do you know where “the eleven month” is first mentioned? I’ll give you hint –...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 16, 2022 | Hebrew Language, Israel, Kedoshim, Tu B'shvat
Tu B’Shevat, the New Year for the Trees, is considered a minor festival in Judaism. There is no reference to the holiday of Tu B’Shevat in the Bible, but the Mishna (Rosh Hashana 1:1) notes that there are four distinctive New Years in the Jewish calendar:...
by Eliyahu Berkowitz | f 28, 2021 | Community, Israel, Job, Tu B'shvat
Despite not being specifically mentioned in the Bible, Tu B’Shvat has Biblical implications and, as the holiday that connects Jews to the land, has become massively popular in modern Israel. Tu B’Shvat is so named because it falls on the fifteenth day of the Hebrew...
by Eliyahu Berkowitz | f 27, 2021 | Israel, Job, Tu B'shvat
Tu B’Shvat is the Jewish holiday celebrated on the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Shevat. It is also called “Rosh HaShanah La’Ilanot”, or: “New Year of the Trees.” In contemporary Israel, the day is celebrated as an ecological...
