Search

Search Results

Displaying 1 - 10 of 15

Every Tu BiShvat Is a Second Chance

Tu BiShvat, the precursor to Earth Day, should make us alert to our air, water, animals, and foliage – and all that we’re doing to destroy them.

Hands holding a mound of dirt and a small plant

Tu BiShvat: How Israel Has Planted New Seeds in the Jewish Soul

The way we celebrate Tu BiShvat has changed over the years – a case-in-point of how Jewish life and observance has been transformed in our day, due in no small part thanks to the successes of the State of Israel.

Galilee Diary: Why is This Night Different?

Rabbi Marc J. Rosenstein

"Tu" (the Hebrew abbreviation of 15th) in the month of Shvat was set (Hillel's opinion generally overrules Shammai's) as the beginning of the tithable year for tree fruit: Calculating the tithe on fruit starts again for fruit that sets after that date.

Happy Tu BiShvat: Environmental Responsibility in the Berkshires

Greg Kellner

During the wintertime, I try to drive up to the Berkshires as much as possible. As an assistant director at URJ Crane Lake Camp, I don’t get so much time to enjoy all that the Berkshires has to offer during the summer

Galilee Diary: Such a winter's day

Rabbi Marc J. Rosenstein

Observations on a winter's day walk in Israel.

Planting and Parenting: The Lessons of Tu BiShvat

Rabbi Ben David

Here is the quintessential Jewish question: How do we emulate God? We are told that we were created by God. We are told that we have a divine spark within us.

Tu BiShvat

Hebrew Spelling

ט"וּ בִּשְׁבָט

Alternate Spelling

Tu BiSh'vat

Tu Besh'vat

"15th of Shevat;" New Year of the Trees; Jewish Arbor Day, which is a minor festival.

Tu BiShvat: Customs and Rituals

Greening Your Congregation as One Way to Make It Holy

Julie Bank

When a group of us – congregants from University Synagogue in Los Angeles, CA – attended the Consultation on Conscience a few years ago, we learned about the GreenFaith Energy Shield, a program that encourages faith communities to reduce their carbon footprint. We returned home ready to put our faith into action.

Colorful recycling bins against green grass

7 Tips for Starting a Congregational Recycling Program

Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism

Our role as custodians and stewards of God’s earth is to protect and preserve the ecology and environment as best we can.

New Beginnings: Tu BiSh’vat and Environmental Action

Lizzie Stein

In this moment of transition, we will celebrate a different kind of new beginning: Tu BiSh’vat, the new year for trees. Tu BiSh’vat is an opportunity to celebrate the earth and to recommit ourselves, for another year, to environmental action.