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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...
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    Four species (redirect from Lulav and etrog)
    המינים arba'at ha-minim, also called arba'a minim) are four plants—the etrog, lulav, hadass, and aravah—mentioned in the Torah (Leviticus 23:40) as being...
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  • Sorel Etrog, CM RCA (August 29, 1933 – February 26, 2014) was a Romanian-born Israeli-Canadian artist, writer, and primarily, a sculptor. He specialized...
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    Greek citron (redirect from Variety etrog)
    romanized: kitria, Hebrew: אתרוג קורפו, romanized: etrog korfu, lit. 'Corfu citron' or Hebrew: אתרוג יְוָנִי, romanized: etrog yevani, lit. 'Greek citron') was botanically...
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  • Etrog or Esrog is the Hebrew word for the citron fruit or Citrus medica. For the Jewish religious rite utilizing the fruit, see Etrog For the particular...
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    The Yemenite citron (Hebrew: אֶתְרוֹג תֵּימָנִי, etrog teimani) is a variety of citron, usually containing no juice vesicles in its fruit's segments....
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    Year's gift. Whether a Buddha's hand is acceptable for liturgical use as an etrog on Sukkot was addressed in the 19th century by Rabbi Abdallah Somekh and...
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    tradition. Only an etrog from a pure etrog tree is considered fit for the Sukkot festival service. There exists a common concern that any etrog may have come...
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  • cancellation. In the 1970s they were also sometimes known as the Etrog Awards for sculptor Sorel Etrog, who designed the statuette. The awards were succeeded by...
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    he tastes grain"), an etrog (as the description in Genesis 3:6 matches the etrog fruit's beautiful appearance, or else the etrog tree's allegedly tasty...
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