Tu Bishvat, the New Year for trees: What is it and how is it celebrated?
Tu Bishvat, known as the New Year for the tree, will be marked this year from Sunday evening until Monday evening.
Israeli kids plant trees for the Jewish holiday of Tu Bishvat in Haifa on February 9, 2017. Tu Bishvat is also called literally "New Year of the Trees." In contemporary Israel the day is celebrated as an ecological awareness day and trees are planted in celebration. (photo credit: YOSSI ZELIGER/FLASH90)ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
