Tu Bishvat

The Land of Israel is not just "territory." She is not just some place in which we are permitted to live. She is not just a piece of land which sustains us, or a beautiful landscape which enchants us. She is all of these things - and more.

Whatever becomes the property of the Jewish people, even if it starts out on a material level, is eventually elevated to a spiritual one. The bond between the Jewish people and the land of Israel inevitably leads to great spiritual refinement.

The holiday of the trees in 15th of Shevat, according to the other new years.

The act of planting of fruit trees in the Land of Israel, beyond possessing obvious Jewish and Zionist significance, is a way of clinging to God and walking in His ways.

On Tu BiShvat we affirm that the connection between Am Yisrael and Eretz Yisrael is absolute and eternal, a Divine connection, and that nobody and nothing can separate the People of Israel from their land.