Hillel and Shammai’s Dispute about the Fruit Tree’s New Year
The first of Shevat is the New Year for trees, says the School of Shammai. Beth Hillel disputes this and rules that it falls on the fifteenth of the month.
Tu B’Shvat, 5772 / 2012 by Sarah Yehudit Schneider
At a Tu b’Shvat seder How do you decide which fruit to make the focus of your brocha, for only one out of all gets the privilege?