Today is Monday, Shvat 15, 5786 · February 2, 2026
15 Shevat - New Year for Trees
Today's Laws & Customs
• New Year for Trees
Today is Tu BiShevat ("the 15th of Shevat") which marks the beginning of a "New Year for Trees." This is the season in which the earliest-blooming trees in the Land of Israel emerge from their winter sleep and begin a new fruit-bearing cycle.
Legally, the "New Year for Trees" relates to the various tithes that must be separated from produce grown in the Holy Land. We mark the day by eating fruit, particularly from the "Seven Kinds" that are singled out by the Torah in its praise of the bounty of the Holy Land (wheat, barley, grapes, figs, pomegranates, olives and dates). On this day we remember that "Man is a tree of the field" (Deuteronomy 20:19) and reflect on the lessons we can derive from our botanical analogue.
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• Omit Tachnun
Tachnun is omitted from the prayer services today.
Today in Jewish History
• Birthday of R. Nechemiah of Dubrowna (1788-1852)
R. Nechemiah was a brilliant Torah scholar who lived in
Dubrowna, a town in what is now Belarus. He was a disciple of the first three
Rebbes of Chabad, R. Schneur Zalman of Liadi , R. DovBer of Lubavitch, and R. Menachem Mendel Schneersohn of Lubavitch
(who was also his first cousin through marriage). He kept a scholarly
correspondence with R. Menachem Mendel, some of which is preserved in his book
of responsa, Divrei Nechemiah.
R. Nechemiah was born on 15 Shevat in the year 5548 from
Creation (1788), and passed away on his sixty-fourth birthday in 5612 (1852).
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Daily Quote
G-d acquired five acquisitions in His world: the Torah is one aquisition, the heavens and the earth is one aquisition, Abraham is one aquisition, the people of Israel is one aquisition, and the Holy Temple is one aquisition
— Ethics of Fathers, 6:10
Daily Torah Study
Chumash: Yitro, 2nd Portion Shemot (Exodus) 18:13-18:23 with Rashi
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Daily Wisdom (short insight)
Tehillim: Chapters 77 - 78
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Tanya: Likutei Amarim, middle of Chapter 24
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• Sefer Hamitzvot:
• 1 Chapter A Day: Melachim uMilchamot Melachim uMilchamot - Chapter 12
• 3 Chapters A Day: Melachim uMilchamot Melachim uMilchamot - Chapter 10, Melachim uMilchamot Melachim uMilchamot - Chapter 11, Melachim uMilchamot Melachim uMilchamot - Chapter 12
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