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Tu BiShevat, the fifteenth of the month of Shevat, is the new year for the trees. <ref>[[Rosh Hashana]] 2a according to | Tu BiShevat, the fifteenth of the month of Shevat, is the new year for the trees. <ref>[[Rosh Hashana]] 2a according to Beit Hillel, Shulchan Aruch 572:3, Mishna Brurah 131:31, Kitzur S"A 139:26-27</ref> | ||
==Practices Relevant to the Day== | ==Practices Relevant to the Day== | ||
# There is no [[Tachanun]] on Tu BiShevat. <ref>Shulchan Aruch 131:6, Kitzur S"A 139:27</ref> It is also not recited during the [[mincha]] prior to Tu Bishvat. <ref> Mishna Brurah 131:32 and Kaf HaChaim 131:101 </ref> | # There is no [[Tachanun]] on Tu BiShevat. <ref>Shulchan Aruch 131:6, Beit Yosef 131 from the Rokeach 312, Kitzur S"A 139:27. The Gra 131:13 writes that this is because the 4 new years listed in the Mishna in [[Rosh Hashana]] 2a are considered Yamim Tovim. </ref> It is also not recited during the [[mincha]] prior to Tu Bishvat. <ref> Mishna Brurah 131:32 and Kaf HaChaim 131:101 </ref> | ||
# The minhag is to eat a lot of tree fruits on Tu BiShevat.<ref>Kitzur S"A 139:27, Magen Avraham OC 131:16, Kaf Hachaim 131:97, Mishna Brurah 131:31 </ref> Some have the custom to have a seder of eating fruits on Tu Bishvat. <ref> Moed Likol Chai 30:7-8 quotes several customs with what exactly to do to celebrate with a seder </ref> | # The minhag is to eat a lot of tree fruits on Tu BiShevat. <ref>Kitzur S"A 139:27, Magen Avraham OC 131:16, Tikkun Yissachar pg. 25, Kaf Hachaim 131:97, Mishna Brurah 131:31, Yalkut Yosef vol. 5:pg. 248:5, Moadim LiSimcha vol. 3 pg. 20-27 </ref> Some have the custom to have a seder of eating fruits on Tu Bishvat. <ref> Moed Likol Chai 30:7-8 quotes several customs with what exactly to do to celebrate with a seder </ref> | ||
# Public fast days should not be proclaimed on Tu Bishvat. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 572:3. </ref> | # The custom of eating fruits applies to women as well. <ref> Nitei Gavriel [[Purim]] 4:pg. 69. </ref> | ||
# Some people have the custom of eating a seuda on Tu Bishevat. <ref> Moadim Lisimcha 3: pg. 34-35 </ref> | |||
# There is a minhag to eat [[etrog]] jam on Tu B'Shvat. <ref> Kaf Hachaim 664:60. Kaf Hachaim adds that if a pregnant woman eats this jam she will have an easy labor </ref> The custom is to recite [[shehechiyanu]] when doing so. <ref> [http://thehalacha.com/wp-content/uploads/Vol8Issue1.pdf Halachically Speaking Vol. 8 Issue 1] </ref> | |||
# Public fast days should not be proclaimed on Tu Bishvat. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 572:3, Maharam Rutenberg 51 in the name of Rabbeinu Gershom. </ref> Even those who have the custom to fast on their wedding day shouldn't do so if it falls out on Tu B'shvat. <ref> Mishna Brura 573:7 </ref> | |||
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