Tag: Rabbi Efraim Sprecher
Tu B’Shevat, Human Beings, And Trees
The source for Tu B'Shevat is the opening Mishnah of the Talmudic tractate Rosh Hashanah: "The Academy of Hillel taught that the 15th of Shevat is the New Year for the trees."
What does that mean, "New Year for the trees"?