So beautiful this Tu B Shvat, the birthday of trees, http://www.aish.com/h/15sh/i/Tu-BShvat-The-Beginning-of-Potential.html.

“Tu B’Shvat, known as the New Year of the Trees, is the first stage of this process. It occurs on the 15^th of the Jewish month of Shvat, 30 days prior to Purim and 60 days prior to Passover. Each of these holidays occur when the moon waxes full, symbolizing a maximum capacity for growth.

Tu B’Shvat celebrates the genesis of potential. On the day following Tu B’Shvat, to our external eye, a tree looks exactly as it had the previous day, oblivious to the fact that its sap has already begun developing within.¹ Likewise, our inner dimension, our soul, looks hidden if observed through the lens of physicality; externally, it is difficult to detect the tremendous holiness buried within a person when we find ourselves continuously distracted by the transgressions we believe him or her to be involved in.”

The tradition is to plant a tree and try a new fruit!