Once again, it’s the new year of the trees (see below for context on the holiday). On the one hand, Tu b’Shvat is about hope. Our tradition notes that even at the height of the global north’s winter, when deciduous trees are decidedly bare and spring feels so very far off, the process toward new verdancy is unfolding as it should. The trees, bare now, will shortly bear fruit. Deep within each tree, the sap is already rising. And so are we….
