Medjool Dates in Brooklyn | Rosh Hashanah, Tu B’Shvat & Shabbat — Shipped Farm-Direct

Brooklyn’s Many Jewish Tables

Brooklyn is not one Jewish community — it’s many, layered together. Borough Park is one of the largest Hasidic neighborhoods in the world, home to the Bobov, Belz, Ger, and Skver courts. Crown Heights is the worldwide center of Chabad-Lubavitch, with 770 Eastern Parkway at its heart. Williamsburg holds one of the largest Satmar communities outside Israel. Midwood and Flatbush are home to the Yeshivish and Modern Orthodox families that fill institutions like Yeshiva of Flatbush and Magen David. Gravesend and Ocean Parkway are the heart of the Syrian Jewish community. Park Slope and Brownstone Brooklyn hold large Reform and Conservative congregations. Brighton Beach brings together generations of Russian and Ukrainian Jewish families. Each of these communities celebrates the same holidays differently — and dates appear on every one of those tables.

We ship to all of them. UPS Ground from our family farm in Sky Valley, California reaches Brooklyn in 3–4 business days, which means an order placed early in the week arrives in time for Shabbat, and an order placed by mid-month arrives well before Rosh Hashanah, Tu B’Shvat, or any other holiday on the calendar.

The Holidays, on a Brooklyn Table

Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur

The High Holidays are when Brooklyn moves at a different rhythm. Crown Heights, Midwood, and Borough Park empty into shul for hours of davening; tables at home are set for evenings stretching late. Dates appear in two ways — on the simanim plate at the start of the Rosh Hashanah meal, where the blessing over tamar turns the date palm into a wish that what stands against us will fall away — and again ten days later, after Yom Kippur, when many Brooklyn families break their fast with dates and water before the heavier meal comes out. Soft, caramel-rich Medjools are the natural fit for both.

Sukkot

For eight days in October, sukkot rise on Brooklyn balconies, in driveways, and across rooftops from Sea Gate to Greenpoint. Sukkot is the harvest festival, and the table inside the sukkah belongs to fresh fruit. The date palm itself is part of the festival — the lulav bundle includes a single closed palm frond. The same tree that gives us the lulav gives us the dates we eat under the schach. Whole Medjools as a centerpiece bowl, and golden Zahidi chopped into the harvest salads many families bring out across the week.

Tu B’Shvat

The New Year of the Trees is celebrated quietly across Brooklyn — in classrooms at Yeshiva of Flatbush, at the Bais Yaakov schools, in shul Tu B’Shvat seders that move from white wine to red across four cups, with a procession of the Seven Species in between. Many Brooklyn families bring date silan to the table alongside the whole fruit. We recommend a mix of Medjool and Zahidi for variety, and our date syrup for families that hold a full seder.

Shabbat, Every Week

And then there is the rest of the year — fifty-two Shabbatot, seven festival meals across Pesach, Shavuot, every Yom Tov in the calendar. Whole dates as part of the fruit at seudah shlishit, dates stuffed with walnuts for a holiday dessert, date syrup as the natural sweetener in challah and cakes from a hundred Brooklyn kitchens. We ship in family-size and multi-pound quantities, year-round.

Family Quantities, Bulk for Community

Brooklyn families are often large families. A standard 1-pound bag works for many homes; larger families and households hosting Yom Tov regularly order 3, 5, or 10 pounds at a time. For shul programs, school events, women’s groups, and community Tu B’Shvat seders, we ship multi-pound bulk orders directly. Contact us for any quantity above 10 pounds and we will arrange shipping and timing around your event.

What’s in the Bag

Hand-harvested whole dates from our family farm in Sky Valley, California — the heart of America’s Coachella Valley date country. Single-ingredient. No added sugar, no preservatives, no oil coatings. The ingredient list on every package is one word long.

Naturally kosher. Whole, unprocessed fruit with no additives. We do not currently carry a kosher certification mark — please check with your rabbi if certification is important for your observance.