The etrog citron (Citrus medica) is a fruit with thousands of years of human use, much like the related Buddha’s hand fruit. Both are famous for their pleasing, room-filling aroma, but only the etrog ...

The citron is an unusual fruit. It's an ancient citrus varietal, one that's lumpy, wrinkly and somewhat oblong. You won't find it in most grocery stores. It's not a La Croix flavor. It isn't showing ...

Here's another fruit to squeeze into your knowledge of the citrus family: etrogs. The yellow citron, commonly referred to by its Hebrew name, etrog, is a fruit used in the Jewish harvest festival of ...

The etrog or citron, or esrog, as it is called in Yiddish and Ashkenazic Hebrew, is a curious fruit. Historically the earliest of the citrus fruits to be introduced into the Mediterranean and into ...

The etrog, or citron fruit in English, is one of four species that Jews are Biblically commanded to "rejoice" with during the holiday of Sukkot. Below are 10 true and mostly joyful stories related to ...

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Besides the sukkah itself, nothing is more associated with the holiday of Sukkot than the “four species” — the arba’a minim, as they are called in Hebrew. These are the etrog or citron fruit; the ...

“There is a Torah commandment which states, ‘And you shall take for yourselves on the first day [of Sukkot], the fruit of the beautiful [citron] tree. People take that commandment very seriously and ...

Got citrus? You may think that if you have a lemon and lime tree in your garden, perhaps a mandarin or even a kumquat, the answer is yes. Not so fast. The next best thing may well be one of the oldest ...

what had been recommended to them by a snake, Eve-Adam learned, in Eden’s Ivy college, committing a pre-sophomore mistake. I composed this poem on 10/5/22 after Yom Kippur 5783 after learning an ...

In a temporary warehouse in Israel's ultra-Orthodox town of Bnei Brak, Shaul Kalimi examines etrogs. From boxes stacked nearby, he takes one bumpy green citrus at a time out of padded wrapping, holds ...