Note 23 — THE SAY OF HAYKAR THE SAGE.[6]
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
A lieu commun in the East. It is the Heb. “Sháked” and the fruit is the “Loz” (Arab. Lauz) = Amygdalus communis, which the Jews looked upon as the harbinger of spring and which, at certain feasts, they still carry to the synagogue, as representing the palm branches of the Temple.