Finding the perfect etrog for Sukkot can be a challenge. Here are the things you need to look for to find a kosher etrog at your local market.

And, in once-a-year storefronts, ready-to-assemble sukkahs themselves. Browsing to the music on loudspeakers of Deal, ... And they inspected the lulav and etrog collections lined up on the tables.

All of the items have to work together. “When you hold a lulav and an etrog in the sukkah, you hold them together so you are making one package,” Hochberg-Miller says.

The Etrog is the shape of the heart and represents the emotions of man. The Lulav resembles the spine of a man, symbolizing uprightness, the Hadas corresponds to the eyes, enlightenment, and the ...

Kagan’s etrog prices, which appear to be the norm, can range from $45 to several hundreds of dollars, which always includes the lulav, hadass and aravah. “I just sold an etrog for $350,” he ...

An etrog with a really nice pitom (the withered stub of the etrog that once connected the fruit to the tree) can run you upward of $100, $200 or even $300. Forwarding the News ...

Visitors to Israel for Sukkot may bring an etrog with them, but not a lulav. The reason: Preventing agricultural disease in Israel. David Lev Sep 22, 2011, 12:35 PM (GMT+3) ...

The lulav, the date palm tree frond, is one of the Four Species used during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles).Bound together with two other Species — hadass (myrtle), aravah (willow) ...

Armed with a lulav and etrog, and a poster with the blessing and illustrations on how to shake, I was invited to stop at tables to ask people if they would like to shake the lulav.

I usually do not succumb to their pitch as my heart is always set on supporting the State of Israel, and I end up buying an Israeli etrog. This year some have made mention of a problem regarding the s ...

By Caryn Schaufeld The Lulav Group of the Great Neck Chapter of Hadassah celebrated the Jewish holiday of Sukkot with a gathering of more than 30 women on Oct. 18.

Finding the perfect etrog for Sukkot can be a challenge. Here are the things you need to look for to find a kosher etrog at your local market. The Takeout.