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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.
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 etrog has both a good taste and a good smell, symbolizing those who have both Torah and good deeds. A second explanation [ 11 ] finds the four species alluding to parts of the human body. Each of the species or its leaves is similar in shape to the following organs:
Citron fruit is an important symbol in the Jewish faith that typically makes an appearance at Sukkot; the plant, known as etrog, is used for rituals (not for eating) on this week-long fall holiday.
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.
Etrog has become an epithet in the Israeli politics for a politician whom journalists prefer not to criticize in order to pave his way to a certain political position, or in order to promote common interests. The first use of this metaphor is attributed to the Israeli journalist Amnon Abramovich.
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