Wikipedia's first sentence called it “carried and waved on the jewish feast of tabernacles”. Today it says “closed frond of the date palm tree”.
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Lulav Name given to the festive palm-branch which with the Etrog , are carried and waved on the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles ( Sukkot ). The three constituents of the Lulav are: (1) A shoot of the palm-tree in its folded state before the leaves are spread out (also called Lulav) ; this must be at least three handbreadths long, so that it may be waved, and must be bound round with a twig or tendril of its own kind; (2) Hadas - three twigs of myrtle of the species which has its leaves in whorls of three; and (3) Arava - two willow-branches of the kind of which the wood is reddish and the leaves are long and entire. The myrtle-twigs and willow-branches are tied to the lower end of the palm-branch—the former on the right, and the latter on the left—by means of three rings of palm-strips. These branches, together with the Etrog constitute the " Four species " ("arba'at haminim"). Adapted from 1901 - 1906 public domain Jewish Encyclopedia. v t e1
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The rabbi of Zidichov waving the lulav.The lulav (לולב) is a closed frond of the date palm tree.It is one of the arba'ah minim (ארבעה מינים, four species ) used in the morning prayer services during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot .The other species are the hadass ( myrtle ), aravah ( willow ), and etrog ( citron ).
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The rabbi of Zidichov waving the lulav. Lulav ( or Yemenite pronunciation ; ) 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 ( myrtle ), aravah ( willow ), and etrog ( citron ). When bound together, the lulav , hadass , and aravah are commonly referred to as "the lulav".
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Closed frond of the date palm tree Four Species , with the lulav longest in the middle. Lulav ( ; ) 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 ( myrtle ), aravah ( willow ), and etrog ( citron ). When bound together, the lulav , hadass , and aravah are commonly referred to as "the lulav".
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Closed frond of the date palm tree Four Species , with the lulav longest in the middle Lulav ( [lu'lav] ; 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 ( myrtle ), aravah ( willow ), and etrog ( citron ). When bound together, the lulav , hadass , and aravah are commonly referred to as "the lulav".
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carried and waved on the jewish feast of tabernacles
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closed frond of the date palm tree
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