Tag: tu b’shvat

The Israeli prime minister planted an olive tree close to the synagogue where an Arab terrorist killed seven people last month.

On Thursday night, Arab farmers secretly planted a massive grove of olive trees along the northern border of Efrat's Dagan neighborhood to illegally grab the land.

Jeremy Gimpel was #13 on Naftali Bennett's list when Bennett first entered politics in Bayit Yehudi.

99% of the people reading this article may not realize the incredible importance of this year’s Tu B’Shvat.

Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel urged Israeli consumers to begin buying fresh fruits grown in Israel for their celebrations, noting that dried fruits became traditional only due to the difficulty in successfully transporting fresh produce from Israel to places around the world.

What does a birthday for the trees even mean?

Tu b’Shevat events are another layer connecting the People of Israel to their Land.

​​Is there some way to let all Jews take part in Tu B'Shvat in a real and significant way, as opposed to just not saying "tachanun" in shul?

There exists an inherent discrimination in the way the JNF has to distribute plants for the traditional Tu B'Shvat planting in Judea and Samaria.

In the darkness of deep winter with the absence of greenery now is exactly the time to realize potential for renewal and rejuvenation. From the broken comes the whole today with Eve Harow on Rejuvenation.

Farmers plant before they reap and we, too, "cultivate" our faith and commitment to God.

A selection of Tu B'Shvat photos from various Chassidic dynasties in Israel

Israeli schoolchildren, all across the country, will leave their classrooms to plant trees… but this Tu B'Shvat, things will be very different.

Rabbi Chaim Richman of the Temple Institute and his message for Chodesh Sh'vat

A selection of Tu B'Shvat photos from various Chassidic dynasties in Israel

Fruit flavors as described in wine actually only refer to the scents that are identified as we smell the wine...

In honor of Tu B'Shevat, youth volunteering with Leket Israel, are picking excess fruit remaining on trees in people's private gardens to give to the poor.

President Ruby Rivlin and his wife Nechama celebrated their first Tu B'Shvat holiday at the President's residence, on February 3, 2015.

Tu B'Shvat has morphed into a chance to reflect on our connection with Israel and with nature itself

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The Tu B’Shvat holiday Thursday literally has roots in the Land of Israel

The date for the end of one fruit crop and the beginning of the next is the 15th day of Shvat.

In the Mahane Yehuda market in Jersalem, everything is ready for Tu B'shvat, the new year for trees. The Torah permits and prohibits different...

Traditionalists can still plant trees in events throughout the country sponsored by the Jewish National Fund (JNF).

The trees will provide some shelter from gun fire for Israeli hikers and motorists on the roads outside Nachal Oz.

Without Eretz Yisrael, the Torah is a shrunken, truncated, mini-version of the complete Torah of Eretz Yisrael.