Tu B'Shevat

Category: Religious
Tu B'Shevat in Israel in 2024

About Tu B'Shevat

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Dates of Tu B'Shevat
2025 Israel Thursday, February 13thTu B'Shevat
2024 Israel Thursday, January 25thTu B'Shevat
2023 Israel Monday, February 6thTu B'Shevat
2022 Israel Monday, January 17thTu B'Shevat
2021 Israel Thursday, January 28thTu B'Shevat
Summary
A Jewish festival called Rosh HaShanah La'Ilanot, literally 'New Year of the Trees'.

Tu B'Shevat is a Jewish holiday that is held on the 15th day of Shevat (a month of the Jewish calendar). On this day, Jews celebrate trees and plants by eating fresh fruit (whatever is in season) and/or planting a tree.

In Israel, Tu B'Shevat has become a national holiday. It is customary to eat a great amount of fruit on Tu' B'Shevat particularly fruits that are grown in Israel including bokser (carob pods), oranges, avocados, banana, kiwi, dried plums, melons and dried apricots. The seven spices of Israel: wheat, barley, grape, fig, pomegranates, olive (oil), and date (honey).

The seven species of the land of Israel are listed in the biblical verse Deuteronomy 8:8: a land with wheat and barley, vines and fig trees, pomegranates, olive oil and [date] honey. (Creative Commons)

As with other Jewish festivals, Tu B'Shevat begins at sunset and ends at sundown on the following day.

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