Etrog

The Midrash teaches that each of the Four Species on Sukkos represents one kind of Jew and concludes: “On Sukkos, all four Jews must join together, for each one completes the others.”

The Angel Michael harnessed the horse to the wagon of mitzvot, and the wagon driver cracked his whip. Suddenly the wagon gave a lurch forward, flattening the piles of sins that had been obstructing its way...

On the cosmic mitzvah scale there really is no difference if I make a blessing over my lulav-and-etrog set, or if that same set is used by a Jew on the streets of Brooklyn.... mitzvah = mitzvah, right?

What, when, and how to wave the lulav and etrog.

This fine-smelling yellowish fruit has a special place in Judaism.

Learn about this special mitzvah, which is performed every day of Sukkot (besides Shabbat).

The question that has flummoxed Jews for generations: Is the etrog upside-down or right-side-up?

He was a fixture in the classroom for nearly 50 years, teaching successive generations of Italian Jewish children with humor, enthusiasm and love. Canadian-born Rabbi Shmuel Rodal, who passed away on Oct. 16 (Hoshanah Rabbah), was 77 years old and had liv...

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