Around the Jewish Year Lema'seh Beit Midrash Articles Around the Jewish Year Categories Around the Jewish Year Grafting Kashrut Kila'im Land of Israel Orlah & Neta Revay Other Topics Shemitah Terumot & Ma’aserot Place and Parasha Chadash Challah Kids Garden of Mitzvot Subscribe to our Newsletter Full Name Email I agree to the terms of use and privacy policy of the site. Three Weeks Rosh Hashanah Sukkot Tu BiShevat Purim Pesach Nisan Shavuot Chanukah Iyar Elul Pesach: Instructions for Baking Hand Matzah This article covers the entire matzah baking process, from baking preparations, through dough preparation and docking, baking, challah separation and cleaning. Read More Are women obligated in birkat ha'ilanot? Is birkat ha'ilanot, the blessing over budding trees that we say during Nissan, a time-bound mitzvah? If not, are women obligated? Read More Arba minim in the eighth year How can we buy the arba minim on a year after shemitah? What should I do with an Etrog that has Kedusha? Rav Netanel Oyerbach answers Read More Eighth-year etrogim in and out of Israel What should we do with otzar beit din Etrogim? Can we export these etrogim to outside of Isreal? Read More Pesach: Bi'ur Ma'aserot and Viduy Ma'aserot, Nissan 5786 Biur and viduy ma'aserot are unique mitzvot that occur once every three years; this year (5786) is one of them. On the halachot of bi'ur and viduy ma'aserot as... Read More Grafted and hybrid etrogim What is a grafted etrog? About the problem specifically in grafted etrogim, the rationale for the prohibition against kila'im, the definition of a pure etrog,... Read More The superiority of taking an Israeli etrog Is it preferable to use an etrog that grew in Israel even though taking the arba minim isn't a land-dependent mitzvah? Read More Arba minim from the Land of Israel While the mitzvah of taking the arba minim is not a land-dependent mitzvah, it nevertheless is linked to the Land of Israel. A few words on these four species... Read More Planting a Yemenite etrog tree next to a lemon tree or an etrog tree of a different strain Yemenite etrogim sometimes change when planted near lemon trees. Explanations for the phenomenon and the halachic status of such etrogim. Read More Sukkot: The etrog What is a gartel etrog? Which segulot are ascribe to eating etrog jam and why? Why can't we use a grafted etrog for the arba minim? Fun facts and important... Read More 1 2 3 4
