Ethymology:

The word “date” comes from the Greek daktylos, meaning finger, which recalls the shape of the fruit. The date palm’s fruit is, in fact, a sweet and edible berry, the emblematic fruit tree of the Saharan oases, native to the arid zones of the Near and Middle East.

*Among Muslims, the Ramadan fast is broken with 3 dates every evening.
This is the ritual, as the fruit is sacred, the first food eaten and symbolic.
Indeed, the Prophet was very fond of them and shared them with his disciples
*It’s a fruit symbolizing prosperity, offered to kings.
*The Bedouin’s staple diet
*It is the symbol of hospitality.
*The date tree is considered a tree of life in the Bible.
*The date is one of the 7 fruits of the Jewish people, along with wheat, grapes, figs, pomegranates and olives.
*Jesus was greeted by the leaves of the date palm as he entered Jerusalem.

A LITTLE HISTORY…

When it comes to dates, you’re in for a real treat: a marvelous tale that has endured for 7,000 years in the palm groves of the Near and Middle East, the Maghreb, and even today in the United States, etc., in a hot, dry climate.
Did you know?
In the 2nd and 3rd millennia, dates were traded in Upper Mesopotamia for precious stones, wood and minerals. It’s a natural treasure within everyone’s reach all over the world.