Question

One of these objects titles an ethical treatise in the “Imitation of God” genre written by the mystic Moses Cordovero. A woman mourns next to one of these objects in the “Judea (10[1])in Captivity” motif that appears on Roman coins. Psalm 92 states that the “righteous shall flourish like” one of these objects. (-5[1])In the Book of Judges, Deborah gave rulings from near one of (-5[1])these objects named for her. (10[1])“The city (10[1]-5[1])of” these objects is an Old Testament appellation of Jericho. The reference (-5[1])to dvash, or honey, in Deuteronomy is thought by modern scholars to actually refer to a syrup made from this plant’s fruit. The hadass (“ha-DOSS”), etrog (10[2])(“eh-TROHG”), aravah (-5[1])(“ah-rah-VAH”), and a small part of this plant make up the (10[1])Four Species during Sukkot, (10[1]-5[1])while a larger part is often used to make (10[1])the (-5[1])s’chach (“s’KHAKH”) that tops the booths. For 10 points, the triumph in Judea is symbolized (10[1])by what (10[1])fruit-bearing (-5[1])tree whose leaves are waved (-5[1])by Christians (10[1])on the Sunday (10[1])before (10[1])Easter? (10[1])■END■ (10[6])

ANSWER: date palm trees [or date palm trees; or Phoenix; accept Palm Sunday; accept Tamara or Tomar; accept Date Palm of Deborah or Tomer Devorah; accept lulav; accept palms or palm fronds or palm branches; accept date honey or date syrup or date molasses; prompt on trees until read; prompt on fronds, branches, leaf or leaves]
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2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y20100%0%45%133.75

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Ned TagtmeierChicago AMinnesota A3110
Natan HoltzmanStanford ACornell B52-5
Clark SmithOhio State ATexas A64-5
Anuttam RamjiUC Berkeley BMcGill A6910
Gio MazzeoVirginia AJohns Hopkins A7110
Matthew SiffYale BWUSTL A71-5
Jacob EgolDuke AMichigan A83-5
Gideon KpurubuVanderbilt AHouston A10810
Halle FriedmanNYU AGeorgia Tech B10810
Christopher SimsNorthwestern AClaremont A109-5
Leah HonsingerFlorida ASouth Carolina A11910
Tanis NielsenClaremont ANorthwestern A12310
William GrogerColumbia BPurdue A123-5
Conor ThompsonIowa State AChicago B13210
Jeya IyaduraiFlorida BPenn State A133-5
Aiden DartleyRutgers AHarvard A14710
Raymond WangCornell AImperial A14910
Mitch McCullarIllinois AGeorgia Tech A150-5
Ian ChowToronto AIndiana A155-5
Nathan SheffieldMIT AChicago C15710
Alex PijanowskiPurdue AColumbia B16010
Lexi TermanRutgers BWUSTL B16110
Brad MacLaineTexas AOhio State A16210
Yared TadesseCornell BStanford A16310
Matt BollingerGeorgia Tech AIllinois A16310
Drake EshlemanIndiana AToronto A16310
Alex SchmidtPenn State AFlorida B16310
Charles HangWUSTL AYale B16310
Todd MaslykMichigan ADuke A16310