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An Israeli etrog, with pitam and gartel (ridge around the center). Etrog (Hebrew: אֶתְרוֹג, plural: etrogim; Ashkenazi Hebrew: esrog, plural: esrogim) is the yellow citron (Citrus medica) used by Jews during the weeklong holiday of Sukkot as one of the four species.
He was attentive and meticulous to beautifying religious observance, and paid particular attention to the selection of an etrog, the purchase of a beautiful etrog box, and the decoration of his sukkah, arguably one of the first in the country that had canvas walls.
Candlesticks for Shabbat, a cup for ritual handwashing, a Chumash and a Tanakh, a Torah pointer, a shofar, and an etrog box. Judaism ( Hebrew : יַהֲדוּת , romanized : Yahăḏūṯ ) is an Abrahamic monotheistic ethnic religion that comprises the collective spiritual, cultural, and legal traditions of the Jewish people .
Etrog containers – That keep the etrog safe from the "pitam" or "pitom" breaking off making the fruit less valuable and possibly not kosher. Sabbath candlesticks – Used weekly during Shabbat; Spice box and candle holder used for the Havdalah service that marks the end of the Jewish Sabbath, called Shabbat.
Silver esrog box. Esrog Box; To protect the esrog during the Sukkot holiday, it is traditionally wrapped in silky flax fibers and stored in a special box, often made from silver. [8] In modern times, the esrog is also commonly wrapped in synthetic netting, and placed in cardboard boxes. Wooden boxes are increasingly popular as well.
In all cases, all of the species must be placed in the direction in which they grew. (For the etrog, this means that the stem end should be on the bottom and the blossom end on top; this is the direction in which the etrog begins to grow, though as it matures on the tree it usually hangs in the opposite direction.)
The balady citron is a variety of citron, or etrog, grown in Israel and the West Bank, mostly for Jewish ritual purposes.Not native to the region, it was imported around 500 or 300 BCE by either Jewish or Greek settlers.
The Jaffa rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook founded and headed the Atzei Hadar union for kosher etrog cultivators and marketers, to prevent grafting the Jaffa etrog onto rootstock of sour orange or sweet lime, but very much promoted intraspecific grafting of the Greek citron upon Balady citron rootstock, [20] which is permitted by halacha.