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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 </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 572:3, Mishna Brurah 131:31, Kitzur S"A 139:26-27, Yalkut Yosef Moadim pg. 247 </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. 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 </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> | ||
# 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> | ||
