Tu Bishvat
- Feb 1
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Tu Bishvat is known as the “New Year of the Trees.”
On the surface it is an agricultural date, marking the renewal of growth in nature.
But in the inner dimension of Torah, it speaks directly to the soul of the human being.
The Torah compares a person to a tree of the field.
Like a tree, the human being has roots, a trunk, branches, and fruit.
The roots are hidden, yet they determine everything.
They represent faith, values, and connection to the Creator.
If the roots are deep and healthy, the tree can withstand storms.
The trunk is the character, the inner strength that holds life upright.
The branches are our thoughts, words, and relationships and the fruits are our deeds: what we bring into the world for others to receive.
Tu BiShvat comes when the trees still look bare.
Winter has not yet released it's grip.
Yet beneath the surface, the sap has already begun to rise.
Life is already moving, even when the eye sees nothing.
This teaches a deep lesson for every soul.
Growth often begins invisibly.
Change starts in the hidden places, in intention, in longing, in quiet decisions and only later does it appear in action.
For Noahides, Tu Bishvat carries a special message.
Adam was placed in the Garden “to work it and to guard it.”
Humanity was entrusted with the earth, not as owners, but as caretakers.
Partners with the Creator in preserving life, justice, and balance.
Every act of kindness is a seed.
Every moral choice is a root growing deeper.
Every moment of self-restraint, honesty, and compassion strengthens the trunk of the soul.
The world today often looks like a winter landscape with
conflict, confusion, and spiritual dryness.
Tu Bishvat reminds us: renewal is already on the way.
Even when the branches are still bare, the Creator is already awakening life within them.
And He whispers to humanity, as to the first gardener of Eden:
“Grow, bear fruit and heal My world.”
Written by Sarah
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