But in the East, where most Jewish communities formed in the 18th and 19th centuries, debates over the etrog continued, especially with the discovery of the Chinese “Buddha’s hand” citron ...

The merit of each person, he explained, determines the quality of his etrog. With a witty phrase, he noted that “behold, his prayer will bear fruit.” The Succot citron, etrog, is protectively ...

“We had many people, some newcomers trying to try their luck,” said Hervey Levy, a longtime etrog farmer in Agadir ... the Diamante Citron, prized by some Hasidic groups, which can command ...

If you are able to, you wave palm, myrtle, and willow branches (lulav), along with an etrog, a citron. Being back in Buffalo, I visited the sukkah behind Temple Beth Zion, downtown. Before Shabbat ...

the tree that we need for performing a mitzvah – the citron that provides the etrog for the four species on Sukkot. Since Tu Bishvat is the new year for the etrog tree, Rabbi Zvi Elimelech ...