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Sukkos - the Jewish Festival of Booths (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | When speaking of the lulav and esrog we refer to the four species of plants mentioned in the Torah; the lulav, an unopened date-palm frond; hadassim, myrtle branches, aravos, willow branches; and an esrog, the fruit of the citron tree. |
 | | The general custom is to bind the branches so that when the lulav is held with the spine of the lulav facing the holder, the hadassim are to the holder's right and the aravos are to the holder's left. |
 | | The lulav (with the hadassim and aravos attached) is taken first with the right hand and then the esrog is taken with the left hand and held upside-down, with the cut end facing upwards (some have the custom not to take the esrog until after the blessing is recited). |
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