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Tu BiShvat
The Jewish New Year of the Trees, when almond trees come into blossom in Israel.
What happens
Tu BiShvat, the fifteenth day of the month of Shevat, is the New Year of the Trees in the Jewish calendar. It began as a date for working out the age of fruit trees and has become a day for planting trees and eating fruit. In Israel it arrives as the almond trees flower, white and pale pink on bare branches, and a well known children's song for the day is about the almond in bloom. In the south of the country red anemones carpet the fields in the same weeks.
The flowers
More flowers and customs of Tu BiShvat
Original text by the Phool desk, written with AI assistance. Background: "Tu BiShvat" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from family to family and place to place. If we have something wrong, tell us.
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Almond: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Apricot: Fir0002, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Anemone: Aviad2001, CC BY-SA 4.0, source