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The Trees New Year
Why did the trees get their own New Year?
The trees saw that G-d made a New Year for mankind and said: It is
written in the Torah, "The man is like a tree…" Therefore, if man has
a New Year, we also have to have a New Year of our own.
They were asked, "What month?"
The trees answered: “Trees need water, therefore it's better to have it
in the month of Shvat, whose sign is Dli (a bucket)”. During the
month of Shvat a time was set also for the mitzvah of planting.
