Chapter 55, TU BiShvat
“ T’U BiShvat Higi’a, Ha H amor Hichri…” “You better stop that Haim, or I will send you to the principal!” Frida yelled at me. “How many times are we going to go through this?” “At least once a year,” I whispered to myself. “On T’U BiShvat .” T’U BiShvat is the holiday of the trees. It is the time to plant trees in Israel. According to the Rabbis, T’U BiShvat – the 15 th day of the month of Shvat falls at the time when it is no longer cold and not yet too hot. The best time to plant trees. When the people of Israel left Egypt, God has ordered them to plant trees all over the land of Kna’an , to convert the dessert to a fruitful land. There were many songs to help us celebrate the New Year of the Trees. One of them is the one I was singing and rudely interrupted. The only difference was - my words were different. The original song translates to “ T’U BiShvat arrived the holiday of the trees.” Yet, the song I was singing translat...