etrog

or eth·rog, es·rog

[ es-rohg, -ruhg, et-; Sephardic Hebrew et-rawg; Ashkenazic Hebrew es-rohg ]

noun

, plural et·rogs, et·ro·gim [et-, r, aw-, geem, es-, roh, -gim].

1. Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.

Word History and Origins

Origin of etrog¹

From the Hebrew word ethrōgh

Example Sentences

With 14 employees working only 35 acres — among the smaller self-sustaining commercial farms in the valley’s citrus belt — the facility heavily depends on the etrog business.

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Joel Rembaum, rabbi emeritus of Temple Beth Am, a Conservative synagogue on La Cienega Boulevard, said that Jews seek out aesthetically pleasing etrogim — that’s plural for etrog — as a way to beautify “a divinely ordained religious practice.”

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Rabbi Susan Goldberg of Nefesh, a transdenominational congregation that offers Shabbat services in Echo Park, said that “when you are holding the lulav and etrog, you remember we are an ancient people very much connected to the Earth.”

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When, for example, Kirkpatrick talks about an etrog, he calls it an “esrog.”

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Among Jews, a citron is known as an etrog, the fruit’s Hebrew name.

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