Tu Bishvat Reflections on Scarcity, Food Inflation, and Responsibility Tu Bishvat, the New Year for Trees, is rooted in Jewish law in the Mishnah (Rosh Hashanah 1:1), which establishes the fifteenth of Shevat as the point from which the agricultural year for fruit trees is… | Read More in The Blogs.   Read More in Israel NOWlej.