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Tu BiShevat, the fifteenth of the month of Shevat, is the new year for the trees. <ref>Mishna [[Rosh Hashana]] 1:1, Gemara [[Rosh Hashana]] 2a according to Beit Hillel, Shulchan Aruch 572:3, Mishna Brurah 131:31, Kitzur S"A 139:26-27, Yalkut Yosef Moadim pg. 247 </ref> | Tu BiShevat, the fifteenth of the month of Shevat, is the new year for the trees. <ref>Mishna [[Rosh Hashana]] 1:1, Gemara [[Rosh Hashana]] 2a according to Beit Hillel, Shulchan Aruch OC 572:3, S"A YD 331:57 and 125, Mishna Brurah 131:31, Kitzur S"A 139:26-27, Yalkut Yosef Moadim pg. 247, Chazon Ovadia Tu Bishvat pg. 1, Rav Avraham Chaim Noeh (Sefer Shenot Chayim in Mikor Chaim 31:1), Moadim Biahalacha pg. 185 </ref> | ||
==Practices Relevant to the Day== | ==Practices Relevant to the Day== | ||
# There is no [[Tachanun]] on Tu BiShevat. <ref>Shulchan Aruch 131:6, Beit Yosef 131 from the Rokeach 312, Kitzur S"A 22:8 and 139:26, Yalkut Yosef Kitzur S"A 131:36 and Moadim pg. 248. 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, Levush 131:6 (and OC Minhagim 14), Yalkut Yosef Moadim pg. 248 and Kaf HaChaim 131:101. Aruch Hashulchan 131:12 writes that according to the S"A [[tachanun]] would be recited during the [[mincha]] before Tu Bishvat, although he adds that the minhag is obviously not like that. </ref> The same is true of saying tzidkatcha on [[Shabbat]] afternoon. <ref> Pri Megadim Eshel Avraham 131:16, Yalkut Yosef Moadim pg. 248 </ref> However, ashkenazim still recite Lamnatzeach. <ref> Eliya Rabba 131:14 </ref> | # There is no [[Tachanun]] on Tu BiShevat. <ref>Shulchan Aruch 131:6, Beit Yosef 131 from the Rokeach 312, Kitzur S"A 22:8 and 139:26, Yalkut Yosef Kitzur S"A 131:36 and Moadim pg. 248. 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, Levush 131:6 (and OC Minhagim 14), Yalkut Yosef Moadim pg. 248 and Kaf HaChaim 131:101. Aruch Hashulchan 131:12 writes that according to the S"A [[tachanun]] would be recited during the [[mincha]] before Tu Bishvat, although he adds that the minhag is obviously not like that. </ref> The same is true of saying tzidkatcha on [[Shabbat]] afternoon. <ref> Pri Megadim Eshel Avraham 131:16, Yalkut Yosef Moadim pg. 248 </ref> However, ashkenazim still recite Lamnatzeach. <ref> Eliya Rabba 131:14 </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, Yalkut Yosef Moadim pg. 247 (though he adds that the sephardic custom is not to fast on one's wedding day in the first place) </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 (Sh"t Rabbeinu Gershom 14) that since it is compared to the other rosh hashana, and it is forbidden to fast on those, it should be forbidden on Tu Bishvat as well. So rule Maharam Bar Baruch 412 and Tashbetz 110. </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, Yalkut Yosef Moadim pg. 247 (though he adds that the sephardic custom is not to fast on one's wedding day in the first place) </ref> | ||
# Some have the custom to wear their [[Shabbat]] clothing in honor of Tu Bishvat. <ref> Minhag Yisrael Torah 131:5 </ref> | # Some have the custom to wear their [[Shabbat]] clothing in honor of Tu Bishvat. <ref> Minhag Yisrael Torah 131:5 </ref> | ||
# One should try to learn the halachot related to Tu B'Shevat such as the halachot of maaser of fruits. <ref> The Aderet (Nefesh David 15) writes that he would learn the halachot of maaser in the Rambam and in the gemara [[Rosh Hashana]]. see also [http://www.halachayomit.co.il/EnglishDisplayRead.asp?readID=1804 Halacha Yomit] of Chacham Ovadia Yosef</ref> | # One should try to learn the halachot related to Tu B'Shevat such as the halachot of maaser of fruits. <ref> The Aderet (Nefesh David 15) writes that he would learn the halachot of maaser in the Rambam and in the gemara [[Rosh Hashana]]. see also [http://www.halachayomit.co.il/EnglishDisplayRead.asp?readID=1804 Halacha Yomit] of Chacham Ovadia Yosef</ref> | ||
