Comments on: Wait until next year http://jcarrot.org/wait-until-next-year/ Jews, Food, and Contemporary Issues Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:23:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Simcha Daniel http://jcarrot.org/wait-until-next-year/#comment-3076 Simcha Daniel Fri, 05 Oct 2007 02:13:18 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/wait-until-next-year/#comment-3076 Eric, this is beautifully written! And so apt - baseball and sukkot, always a winning combination. But before you make your etrog into jam (as I was planning to) or pie, or whatever, make sure it's not from the Land of Israel - because this year is Shnat Shmitta - and all Israeli etrogim must be returned to the Land of Israel. I'm not sure what is done with them, but it's a pretty serious sin to use them for food, as they are considered kadosh. Eric, this is beautifully written! And so apt - baseball and sukkot, always a winning combination.

But before you make your etrog into jam (as I was planning to) or pie, or whatever, make sure it’s not from the Land of Israel - because this year is Shnat Shmitta - and all Israeli etrogim must be returned to the Land of Israel. I’m not sure what is done with them, but it’s a pretty serious sin to use them for food, as they are considered kadosh.

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