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Tu BiShevat, the fifteenth of the month of Shevat, is the new year for the trees. <ref>Rosh Hashana 2a according to Bet Hillel, Shulchan Aruch 572:3, Mishna Berura 131:31, Kitzur S"A 139:27</ref>
Tu BiShevat, the fifteenth of the month of Shevat, is the new year for the trees. <ref>Rosh Hashana 2a according to Bet Hillel, Shulchan Aruch 572:3, Mishna Berura 131:31, Kitzur S"A 139:27</ref>
==Practices Relevant to the Day==
==Practices Relevant to the Day==
# There is no Tachanun on Tu BiShevat. <ref>Shulchan Aruch 131:6, Kitzur S"A 139:27</ref> It is also not recited during the mincha prior to Tu Bishvat. <ref> Mishna Berura 131:32 and Kaf Hachaim 131:101 </ref>
# There is no [[Tachanun]] on Tu BiShevat. <ref>Shulchan Aruch 131:6, Kitzur S"A 139:27</ref> It is also not recited during the mincha prior to Tu Bishvat. <ref> Mishna Berura 131:32 and Kaf Hachaim 131:101 </ref>
# The minhag is to eat a lot of tree fruits on Tu BiShevat.<ref>Kitzur S"A 139:27, Magen Avraham OC 131:16, Kaf Hachaim 131:97, Mishna Berura 131:31 </ref> Some have the custom to have a seder of eating fruits on Tu Bishvat. <ref> Moed likol Chai 30:7-8 quotes several customs with what exactly to do to celebrate with a seder </ref>  
# The minhag is to eat a lot of tree fruits on Tu BiShevat.<ref>Kitzur S"A 139:27, Magen Avraham OC 131:16, Kaf Hachaim 131:97, Mishna Berura 131:31 </ref> Some have the custom to have a seder of eating fruits on Tu Bishvat. <ref> Moed likol Chai 30:7-8 quotes several customs with what exactly to do to celebrate with a seder </ref>  
# Public fast days should not be proclaimed on Tu Bishvat. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 572:3. </ref>  
# Public fast days should not be proclaimed on Tu Bishvat. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 572:3. </ref>  

Revision as of 13:52, 31 March 2013

Tu BiShevat, the fifteenth of the month of Shevat, is the new year for the trees. [1]

Practices Relevant to the Day

  1. There is no Tachanun on Tu BiShevat. [2] It is also not recited during the mincha prior to Tu Bishvat. [3]
  2. The minhag is to eat a lot of tree fruits on Tu BiShevat.[4] Some have the custom to have a seder of eating fruits on Tu Bishvat. [5]
  3. Public fast days should not be proclaimed on Tu Bishvat. [6]

Sources

  1. Rosh Hashana 2a according to Bet Hillel, Shulchan Aruch 572:3, Mishna Berura 131:31, Kitzur S"A 139:27
  2. Shulchan Aruch 131:6, Kitzur S"A 139:27
  3. Mishna Berura 131:32 and Kaf Hachaim 131:101
  4. Kitzur S"A 139:27, Magen Avraham OC 131:16, Kaf Hachaim 131:97, Mishna Berura 131:31
  5. Moed likol Chai 30:7-8 quotes several customs with what exactly to do to celebrate with a seder
  6. Shulchan Aruch 572:3.