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Christophe Bachmann[_2_] Christophe Bachmann[_2_] is offline
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Lynn from Fargo a écrit :

> OK, lets try this again (lost first reply, sorry)
> That's not a lemon, It's an ETROG (see Wikipedia at "Etrog").
> Jews use one when they celebrate Sukkot - the autumn harvest.
> You betcha that they are extremely difficult to find in North
> Dakota ;-)
>
> Shalom,
> Lynn from Fargo
> Hoping your etrog's pitom doesn't fall off
>

A precision, some citrons are used as etrogs, while others cannot be.
(Halachic laws are quite complicated to understand for non-jews), but
citrons are used mostly for candied peel or succade.

See : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citron
and the list of citron varieties in the right margin.
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