the New Year for Trees-Tu B’Shevat

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Did you know that there is a birthday celebration for trees?  Similar to Arbor Day, Tu B’Shevat is a minor Jewish holiday known as the New Year for Trees.  This environmental holiday is the perfect opportunity for connecting with the earth…

The date for  Tu B’Shevat varies each year. This is because Jewish Holidays are celebrated based on the Lunar Calendar, not the Gregorian Calendar. 

This is a guest post written by our friends at Homeschool On the Range. 

In ancient times, Tu B’Shevat was not a holiday.  It was simply a date on the calendar that told Jewish farmers when they should bring their produce of fruit from recently planted trees to the Temple as first-fruit offerings.  It was prohibited to eat fruit from trees during the first three years of production (Leviticus 19), and so they brought forth the crops in the fourth year.

Tu B’Shevat is a great holiday for connecting to the environment. In Israel, the holiday arrives on the fifteenth of Shevat, along with the first signs of spring. This is perfect timing as the trees are beginning to blossom for the coming year.  

The timing is not quite as fortuitous in the United States.

If you would like to learn more about Tu B’Shevat  you can check out this post: Tu B’Shevat with Solomon and the Trees

Special thanks to Yvie for this post. 

Yvie is a veteran homeschooling mom and high school counselor and teaches online co-op classes for upper grades at Sparks Academy.  She helps to create unit studies and enjoys helping other families on their homeschool journey.  When not teaching or counseling, she enjoys reading, spending time in her garden, and traveling the country with her boys.  You can find her at Homeschool On the Range, on Facebook, Instagram, or Pinterest.

You can learn more about Tu B’Shevat In this post: WHAT IS TU B’SHEVAT?

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