The palm frond represents those who excel in Torah study but lack in observance. Why then does the palm deserve to be first? ... When we are given a single task, we can focus and see it through.

Different Types of Palm Fronds. When you’re new to palm trees, it’s helpful to know that palm fronds come in different shapes and sizes. A palm frond falls into two main categories.

For several months now, I have been dreaming of finding the perfect lulav — a palm frond the Torah requires us to wave as part of the ritual of the four species on Sukkot. To be kosher, a lulav ...

Palm trees are hardly alien to this hemisphere. Hernán Cortés, the Spanish conquistador who blasted his way through Aztec Mexico, complained about them in a 1525 letter to his master, the Holy ...

Palm frond damage caused by the palm leaf skeletonizer. Wendy Wilber Columnist. Q: My cabbage palms fronds have brown crumbly material all over them, and the green part of the leaves is being ...