Tu B’Shevat: A Birthday Celebration for the Trees Last month, I wrote about the Hebrew calendar and the lunar months that make up the Jewish year. The month of Shevat began with the last crescent moon, and features one of my favorite holidays of the entire year – Tu B’Shevat (which means, literally, the 15th of Shevat.) Tu B’shevat is best known as the New Year of the Trees, or the Birthday… Read More