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===Tu Bishvat—New Year of the Trees===
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[[File:DriedfruitS.jpg|thumb|Nuts and dried fruits, traditionally eaten on [[Tu Bishvat]]]]
* Tu Bishvat: 15 [[Shevat]]

Tu Bishvat ({{Script/Hebrew|ט"ו בשבט}}) (lit., "fifteenth of Shevat", as {{Script/Hebrew|ט״ו}} is the number "15" in Hebrew letters), is the new year for trees. It is also known as {{Script/Hebrew|חג האילנות}} (''Ḥag ha-Ilanot,'' Festival of Trees), or {{Script/Hebrew|ראש השנה לאילנות}} (''Rosh ha-Shanah la-Ilanot,'' New Year for Trees). According to the [[Mishnah]], it marks the day from which fruit [[tithe]]s are counted each year. Starting on this date, the biblical prohibition on eating the first three years of fruit (''[[Orlah prohibition|orlah]]'') and the requirement to bring the fourth year fruit ''(neta revai)'' to the [[Temple in Jerusalem]] were counted.<ref>Tractate [[Orlah (Mishnayoth)|Orlah]] is dedicated to these topics.</ref>

During the 17th century, Rabbi [[Yitzchak Luria]] of [[Safed]] and his disciples created a short seder, called ''Hemdat ha‑Yamim,'' reminiscent of the seder that Jews observe on [[Passover]], that explores the holiday's [[Jewish Kabbalah|Kabbalistic]] themes.<ref>In the [[Jewish religion]], according to the [[Jewish exegesis]] of the [[Talmud]], there are four types of '''Jewish New Years''': the order of these presents a sort of ''[[Divine Providence in Judaism|providential]] chronology'': {{blockquote|And in this month you are free; it is said: "This will be the beginning of the months for you"|[[Song of Songs]] [[Midrash Rabbah]] 2,19–25}}

* [[Pesach]]: ''freedom for the [[Jewish people]]'': "In the beginning all the beginnings began in [[Pesach]]" (All the precepts or Mitzvot are in fact "a seal" of the Exodus from Egypt).
* [[Shavuot]]: also called ''Feast of the first fruits'', it is also the moment of the gift of the [[Torah]] and of the [[Ten Commandments]]: the [[Counting of the Omer]] it teaches us that we should count our days and ultimately give "a full account" for each day of our life. Not a day is destined to be thwarted, God forbid, as implied by the verse "Count for yourselves ... seven full weeks" (''[[Leviticus]] 23:15''). The Counting of the Omer also prepares us for Shavuot, the festival commemorating the revelation of the [[Torah]]. The Torah is acquired by "counting each day", that is: living each day by filling it with ''good deeds'' that testify to our attempts to serve God. The Torah calls this process "counting the Omer": an ''omer'' is a "measure" which alludes to the idea that our days are numbered and we should "measure ourselves" with our abilities and responsibilities, furthermore the Counting of the Omer instills hope in all those who despair: "What good would my efforts be if I do not get nothing?" So, if we recognize that every day must be taken into account, we will not let a day pass without trying to do just the good ([[Nachman of Breslov]], ''Likutey Halakhot VIII, 126b-127a et 130b'').
* [[Tu Bishvat]]: also known as ''New Year of the trees''. The tree is considered as a ''being in itself'': although it has roots, it is constituted in such a way as to produce fruits ... So too is the human being, by nature "independent", even though he is considered ''... as a being alone [with his wife]''. The [[Sefirot]] in fact allow us to understand this correlation: even the ''tree of the Sefirot'' (the "Sefirotic system" represents an overall exhaustive totality) is just like the human being as a couple of male and female to give for family and the trees themselves are in fact allow living beings to benefit from their fruit. In the "Good Talmud-opposition" between [[Shammai]] and [[Hillel]] Tu Bishvat is on first or 15 of [[Shevat]]: we know that Hillel-[[Halakhah]] is correct but we "see" the symbolic-system of Seder of Tu Bishvat like all 13 exegetical-modality to study the Torah, i.e. the beninning of Creation and first dogmas of first true archetypal-essence of [[Kabbalah]]: '''1 Shevat – Moses repeats the Torah''' (''[[Deuteronomy]] 1:3'').
* [[Rosh HaShanah]]: also called ''New Year of kings''. Rosh HaShanah is also called ''Yom HaZikaron'' ("Remembrance Day"), because on this day the divine judgment in favor of the Jewish people is sealed again for life: the homiletical meaning of the "seal in the Book of Life" recalls the defined [[Sefirah]] ''[[Da'at]]'' ("knowledge") (''Likutey Halakhot III, p.202a'').</ref> This [[Tu Bishvat seder]] has witnessed a revival in recent years.  More generally, Tu Bishvat is celebrated in modern times by eating various fruits and nuts associated with the [[Land of Israel]].

Traditionally, trees are planted on this day.<ref>See, just as one example, {{cite web |url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/israelis-go-green-for-tu-bishvat-1.338092 |title=Israelis Go Green For Tu Bishvat |last=Rinat |first=Zafrir |date=January 20, 2011 |access-date=January 20, 2011 |work=[[Haaretz]]}}</ref>  Many children collect funds leading up to this day to plant trees in Israel.  Trees are usually planted locally as well.