Happy Tu BiShvat ~ The New Year for trees

There are four new years on the Jewish calendar. Today is Tu BiShvat, the New Year for trees, and the traditional day for planting trees in Israel. {Still a bit cool for tree-planting here in Canada.}

For a piece written in honour of Rosh Hashanah (the big Jewish New Year) that explains all about Judaism in 1,300 words, see here.