The Resurrection of the Judean Date

Published 2023-08-20
The most expensive date in the world is the Judean Date which was resurrected from the dead (literally)-- the Judean Date palm was extinct for over 1,500 years until now. So we went to the most southern part of Israel to interview Dr. Solowey and get a few dates to sample. We were so shocked that we've decided to run a blind tasting experiment to compare this date to the modern dates. The results are incredible!

If you'd like to follow the date project, please check the website: arava.org/

Credits:
-- The Arava Institute for Environmental Studies (arava.org/)
-- kkl-jnf photo archive via the PikiWiki - Israel free image collection project (Author ג'ו מלקולם)
— Archive Images: The National Library of Israel
— University of Minnesota Extension (Refreezing Food article) - extension.umn.edu/preserving-and-preparing/refreez…


00:00 Intro
01:14 Arrival
02:22 Dr. Elaine Solowey
03:45 The Ancient Seeds
05:53 AD 30
07:30 Females
08:40 Trying First Time
11:05 Blind Tasting Experiment
15:28 Results
21:21 Ajwa Dates
22:00 The Consistency Problem
23:55 The Conclusion
26:16 Outro

English Closed Captions created by Terri Adams. Looking for English Captions of your own? Contact Terri at [email protected]

All Comments (21)
  • It sounds to me like this is a sign that someone is about to come back that was here 2 thousand years ago as well
  • @GabrielTRO
    Wow! I still cannot believe I was part of the date blind tasting and got to taste the old Judean date! Sooo delicious! Thank you, Sergio and Rhoda! Blessings and hugs beyond your expectations! 🤗🤗🤗🙏
  • @Heisrisin3
    I first saw your video about the resurrected dates about three years ago. I had never tasted dates in my life after I told my wife that she stopped and pick some up for me when she was at the store. Since then I always have dates in the house and I eat two every morning with my breakfast. God bless you and thank you for what you’re doing.
  • @christinej2358
    That was fascinating! How cool is it that she has a desert farm growing ancient fruit and herbs from biblical times, from ancient seeds! Even better that you got to taste them. You were excited about the figs she consider rejects, can you imagine how much better the chosen figs will taste. This was a great and very interesting video. Thank you both for sharing it with us.
  • @jennetthepburn4497
    We have tomatoes plants here in Canada that were a hundred year old seeds..there called Heritage seeds..they planted them and 20 years later..there still producing tomatoes to the day...
  • @adamodeo9320
    firstly, happy to see you! secondly, I love Dr. Solowey, May The Lord Bless Her! the Judean date is a symbol of Israel's resurrection and the return of the Savior!
  • @taylordaine3881
    I love Dr. Solowey and her work! Thank you for sharing her story and work! 🙏😊❤
  • @cyndigoupil9840
    I enjoyed the first video years ago when they grew the first tree.Thank you for circling back to this subject. To try the dates and to see the 5 trees ! Also all the other orchards. Great video🎉 Have you edited the video of the tunnel in your friends house ? ❤
  • @t.j.m3987
    For some reason I cried when you first tasted the dates
  • @erntefreude
    Oh, I have been waiting for this video for ages!!! Thank you. It must have been magical, to taste an ancient food. I have read an article, published in 1933, about a 100 yr. old Arabian Prince named, Prince Hadji Tahar ben Mohammed Cherifibn Saoud who attributed his long life to eating dates every day. He said it was the perfect food, especially food for those living in the desert. I believe him. Thank you both so much for telling this story. And many heartfelt thanks to the work that Dr. Solowey has done.
  • @gingcometa5162
    Amazing! Thank you Sergio & Rhoda for the new update about Judean Dates❤.
  • @christinel.4921
    Thank you Sergio, Rhoda, and Dr. Solowey for bringing us this fascinating information and thank you all for the work that you do in bringing the Bible to life. ❤ Praise God!!!
  • @edward2448
    My two favorite moments of the show was when the first ancient tree 🌴 sprouted and when you showed the actual gate that Jesus passed through. Just like Jesus was resurrected so were these ancient 🌴 trees. Don't ignore The Father's hand in this resurrection of the dates. He was there then and He is here Now. Shalom Shalom everyone.✝️📖✌️💞🙏😇🌴
  • @andreamcfeeley9363
    It is wonderful to see you two again! God bless!!🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
  • @cherylkennedy4627
    I'm so thrilled to see you both on here. In the past you kept telling us you and your wife had been doing something really big and would be well worth the wait. YES it was well worth the wait. WOW! On the fact that this ancient seed even grew! Then when all the rare plants and trees were shown in The Perfect Atmosphere, what went through my mind was "and the Dessert shall spring forth NEW Life" and as soon as the words"Tastes like Honey" were spoken I could almost taste that. My father would at times bring home from the store a box of dates and give me and my siblings two or three dates to enjoy. It would be nice to see those back in the stores again so my daughter and grandsons could taste them as well. Thank you for sharing this.I enjoyed this very much.
  • @solitairesmith3553
    I lived in New Mexico. The archeologists found corn stored in the ancient cliff homes over a 1000 years old. They actually got the corn to grow . This is exciting 😊
  • @sharonromero128
    God is so great and so good! Thank you to Dr Solowey and her team for their dedication to resurrect the Judean date. Another great video; informative, educational, fun. Thank you so much Rhoda, Sergio, and Joy for sharing the date experience with us. Very nice. Many, many blessings
  • @z.a.r.777
    This is amazing. I wish I could eat one. Wow. I'm literally amazed. Thank you so much for sharing. God bless you 🙏 ❤️
  • @tkr7483
    I like dates , I haven’t had any for a long time now … am glad u guys enjoyed the judean dates , love you all and God bless you