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Article: Precious Fruit: Etrog business booming as Sukkot nears
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- Jewish Exponent
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- October 6, 1995
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A. Engler Anderson
Jewish Exponent
10-06-1995
Precious Fruit: Etrog business booming as Sukkot nears. "And ye shall take into you the fruit of a goodly tree..."
With prices for a single fruit averaging from $45 to $100 - even $500 to $1,000 is not unheard of - the etrog must be, by weight or volume, one of the most precious edibles sold on the planet.
The etrog - also called a citron, or Citrus medica by the more scientifically precise - is a key element of Jewish observance for Sukkot, the Feast of Tabernacles.
The holiday begins Sunday at sundown.
Together with the palm shoot, myrtle twigs and willow branches, the etrog is part of the Four Species, used as ritual objects in the Hallel ...
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