Sefardic Customs of Tu Bish’vat

By Marcelo Polakoff Adapted from Secrets Beneath the Trees Tu Bish’vat has been celebrated in many ways around the world. The Jews from Arab countries called it Tafkia el Sgar (”the day of the blooming of trees,” in Arabic). In...
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A Reflection on Tu Bish'vat

by Jonathan SlaterAdapted from Mindful Jewish LivingThe rationale for Tu Bish'vat is that, according to the rabbis, it establishes the separating point between generations of fruits. That is, fruits that flowered and budded previous to this date...
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Western Christianity in Ecofeminist Perspective

by Janet Conway (from CJ Journal, Vol. 44 No. 1, Fall 1991)Download the ArticleThe CJ Editorial Board at the time (chaired by Shamai Kanter) introduced the work as follows:Janet Conway's paper links environmental issues, women's issues and the...
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The Four Questions of Tu Bish'vat

By Lawrence TrosterOn the full moon or fifteenth of the month of Shevat we celebrate the New Year of the trees. The fifteenth in Hebrew letters is tu and so we call the day Tu Bish'vat. While Tu Bish'vat has always been considered a...
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The Speech of Trees

By Jonathan WittenbergExcerpted from The Eternal Journey“Take with you of the song of the land,” said Jacob to his children.“What is ‘the song of the land’?” asked the Rebbe of Apt, “if not,‘The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof’?”1Where...
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