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The Judean date palm at Ketura, Israel, nicknamed Methuselah. The Judean date palm is a date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) grown in Judea.It is not clear whether there was ever a single distinct Judean cultivar, but dates grown in the region have had distinctive reputations for thousands of years, and the date palm was anciently regarded as a symbol of the region and its fertility.
The tree was heavily cultivated as a food source in ancient Israel where Judaism and subsequently Christianity developed. [50] Date palm leaves are used for Palm Sunday in the Christian religion.
Soft, semi-dried date variety; distinctive deep black colour, length and medium size. Share similarities with Ajwa dates such as taste. Ṣafrir Israel: Hebrew: צפריר: Red colored sweet dates that can be eaten immediately after being harvested from the tree Sahcari Somalia: Saiedi, Saidi Libya: Soft, very sweet, these are popular in Libya ...
The Medjool date (Arabic: تمر المجهول - tamar al-majhūl. Tamar means 'date' and majhūl means 'unknown', from جَهِلَ jahila, 'to not know') [1] [2] also known as Medjoul, Mejhoul or Majhool, is a large, sweet cultivated variety of date (Phoenix dactylifera). It is an important commercial variety constituting some 25% of ...
Lulav (; Hebrew: לוּלָב ) is a closed frond of the date palm tree. It is one of the Four Species used during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. The other Species are the hadass , aravah , and etrog . When bound together, the lulav, hadass, and aravah are commonly referred to as "the lulav".
In the center was a lone palm tree — a symbol of triumph in the Bible. Though the imagery was faint, it shone bright in the sun. An etched mural stands alone at the Pasadena Jewish Temple and ...
Zahidi dates ship well and are widely exported. [1] It is the most widely grown date cultivar in Iraq, with about 6 million planted trees as of 2015. In Iraq, the average annual yield is 73 kg per tree, although yields can often exceed 100 kg. [2] Other than Iraq, it is also grown in Djibouti, Chile, Peru, India, Iran, Israel, Palestine, and ...
In the Book of Judges, it is stated that Deborah was a prophetess, a judge of Israel and the wife of Lapidoth. [5] [6] She rendered her judgments beneath a date palm tree between Ramah in Benjamin and Bethel in the land of Ephraim. [7] The people of Israel had been oppressed by Jabin, the king of Canaan, whose capital was Hazor, for twenty