Jewish flower traditions
Greenery at Shavuot, the flowers of the land and the Song of Songs.
ApricotPrunus armeniaca
A spring-flowering fruit tree with white or pink blossoms and orange-yellow fruit
🇦🇲 Armenia and 7 more · Flowering tree
LeekAllium ampeloprasum
A mild-flavoured onion relative and Welsh emblem with edible leaf sheaths
🇪🇬 Egypt and 7 more · Herb or useful flower
Decoration
Palm branch
A symbol of victory, peace, and eternal life made from palm leaves
🇪🇬 Egypt and 7 more · Offering or rite
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Apricot: Fir0002, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Leek: WikiLucas00, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Palm branch: Einsamer Schütze, CC BY-SA 3.0, source