{"id":46794,"date":"2019-01-09T09:33:36","date_gmt":"2019-01-09T09:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/?p=46794"},"modified":"2019-01-22T12:56:57","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T12:56:57","slug":"what-does-tu-bshevat-celebrate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/what-does-tu-bshevat-celebrate\/","title":{"rendered":"What are We Celebrating on Tu B&#8217;Shevat?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In both the list of four new years and the four times a year when the world is judged trees feature prominently. The Torah prohibits cutting down fruit trees because man is compared to a tree. Trees have the ability to continue producing from year to year. Planting in the Land of Israel is significant both from the land&#8217;s perspective and the people&#8217;s perspective. Our relationship with the Land of Israel is twofold &#8211; to live in the Land of Israel and to develop the Land of Israel (\u05d9\u05e9\u05d9\u05d1\u05ea \u05d0\u05e8\u05e5 \u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc, \u05d9\u05d9\u05e9\u05d5\u05d1 \u05d0\u05e8\u05e5 \u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc).<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/layla-shevat-5779-taragin.pdf\">Download the Mekorot<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Recorded at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ouisrael.org\/programs\/layla-educational-social-opportunities-for-women\/\">OU Israel&#8217;s L&#8217;Ayla<\/a> Rosh Chodesh Women&#8217;s Event<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-post-46794 wp-image-41625\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/LAyla-Logo-269x300.png\" alt=\"L'Ayla Logo\" width=\"269\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/LAyla-Logo-269x300.png 269w, https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/LAyla-Logo-768x858.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/LAyla-Logo.png 839w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 269px) 100vw, 269px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In both the list of four new years and the four times a year when the world is judged trees feature prominently. 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