Take One

Sukkah 35

In today’s Daf Yomi page, the mystery of the etrog

August 11, 2021

Today’s Daf Yomi page, Sukkah 35, gives us a mystery right out of The Talented Mr. Ripley: Is the etrog we know and love secretly an impostor? Was it the humble pepper we were supposed to bless all along?

Rabbi David Moster joins us to discuss the elusive fruit, and how it rose to prominence.

How did a Chinese fruit embraced by the Persians come to be the hero of Sukkot? Listen and find out.

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