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etrog

Decorating the sukkah (Photo/Courtesy Hazon)
Posted inUncategorized

Don’t cram Judaism into one day a year — come back for Sukkot

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg September 28, 2023September 28, 2023

The Torah column is supported by a generous donation from Eve Gordon-Ramek in memory of Kenneth Gordon. There is a famous story set in New York City about an apartment dweller who […]

Watercolor of an etrog by Amanda Almira Newton, 1916, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Posted inTorah

It’s splendorous. It’s packed with meaning. It’s the etrog.

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen October 14, 2022October 13, 2022
For the first time ever, Moroccan etrogs flew direct from Casablanca to Israel in 2022. (Photo/Royal Air Maroc plane via Robert Smith-MI News-NurPhoto via Getty Images; collage by JTA)
Posted inWorld

This Sukkot, peace and Jewish agricultural law have Morocco’s etrog industry blossoming

by David I. Klein and JTA October 11, 2022
Greg Kirkpatrick and his father John handle just-picked citrons at Lindcove Ranch.
Posted inNews

Heat wave, early holiday season deprive Bay Area Jews of local kosher etrogs

by Eliyahu Kamisher September 24, 2021September 27, 2021
Rabbi Sara Shendelman with a lulav and etrog grown at her house (and at the park across the street) (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inJew in the Pew

Getting creative and hyperlocal with your lulav and etrog

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky October 15, 2019October 16, 2019
(Photo/Flavio-Flickr)
Posted inSukkot

The etrog is Judaism’s best-kept wellness secret

by Rachel Myerson October 11, 2019October 10, 2019

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