Tu B’Shevat

Why do trees have their own new year? And what are the traditional Tu B'Shevat observances?

An audio story about a small sapling who learns a big lesson...

What lesson can we learn from a leaf?

A Tu B'Shevat page to print out and color.

Another exciting Shpy adventure: It all began the day before Tu B'Shevat at 6:30...

Once upon a time there lived a poor melamed, a Hebrew teacher, in a small village in Poland. He had his daily troubles with the hardheaded farmer boys who were his students.

Why should the apple, in particular, be known as the "King" of all fruits?

The fig is a small fruit that grows on small, broad trees. The trees are about fifteen to twenty feet high. There are over a hundred different kinds of figs...

The grapevine, however, is neither of tremendous size, nor of majestic beauty. It looks more like a bush than a tree. But it is unequalled for its fruit...

If you were asked, which is the most important part of, a tree - the roots, or the stem, or the leaves, or the flowers? - You would probably find it difficult to answer...