Key facts
- Official name
- ט״ו בִּשְׁבָט
- Type
- Jewish religious , cultural
- Significance
- Fruits that ripen between one Tu BiShvat to the next belong to the same agricultural year.
- Observances
- Tu BiShvat seder
- Date
- 15th of Shevat
- 2025 date
- Sunset, 12 February –, nightfall, 13 February
- 2026 date
- Sunset, 1 February –, nightfall, 2 February
- 2027 date
- Sunset, 22 January –, nightfall, 23 January
- 2028 date
- Sunset, 11 February –, nightfall, 12 February
- Related to
- Rosh Hashanah , Arbor Day
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- holiday
- Image
- PikiWiki Israel 409 Tu Bishavat in Vilnius טו בשבט הגיע.jpg
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- Commons category
- Tu Bishvat
- described by source
- Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron
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Encyclopedic overview
Tu BiShvat (Hebrew: ט״ו בִּשְׁבָט, romanized: Ṭū bīŠvāṭ, lit. '15th of Shevat') is one of several New Years in the Hebrew calendar, occurring on the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Shevat. It is also called Rosh HaShanah La'Ilanot (רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְאִילָנוֹת, 'Head [of] the Year for Trees'), since it marks the new year for fruit-bearing trees. Its original purpose in Jewish society was to distinguish one year's fruits from another in order to observe annual agricultural commandments, such as the giving of tithes. In contemporary Israel, it is celebrated as a Jewish holiday and an ecological awareness day, and trees are planted in celebration.
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tu BiShvat” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.