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Interestingly, it is only within this century that the cultivation of the etrog in Palestine became agricul- turally viable. During the Middle Ages, etrogim from the isle of Corfu came into use and this continued into this century. In the early 1900s, just about 80 years ago, Rav Kook ruled that only Palestine etrogim were fit for ritual use on Sukkot. His halakhic stand, stem- ming from his love of the land and its pioneers, pro- vided a boost to the citrus farming of the country. The Jewish state has benefited substantially from his de- finitive action and infinite concern, and hundreds of thousands of Israel etrogim are sold annually in every country where Jews reside. As a Jew born in the , U.S. and now settled in Israel, two markets for the sale of the lulav and etrog and the myrtle and willow branches stand out in my mind. One is on the eastside in downtown New York, where stores of all types become Suk- kot specialty shops dur- ing the few weeks before the festival. 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VISA & MASTERCHARGE •• • •••••••asaaaa •••••••••••••••••• • iii••• ■•■■ 891-1818 master narg: The other are the myriad markets of Jerusalem, each more colorful than the other and stretching from Mahane Yehuda into Mea Shearim. My children and I make the grand tour each year just to capture the flavor and fervor of the sellers and the buyers. However, my love for the four species derive in the first place from my child- hood experiences in the home of my grandfather, the late Rabbi Tobias Gef- fen. Residing in Atlanta, Ga., our hometown, made the annual acquisition of the lulav and etrog much more difficult than just going and picking out a set in the open marketplace. My grand- father, from his arrival in the city in 1910, felt it his responsibility not just to get the Sukkot apecies for him- self but also for Jews throughout the South. De- lays in their arrival in At- lanta until just before the holiday gave rise to innova- tive methods of seeing that lulav and etrog got to its final destination on time. As a young lad, my father had to take the Sukkot set to the railroad station on the eve of Suk- kot. He waited until the train arrived and then gave the precious cargo to the engineer, who per- sonally kept watch over it in the engine of his Southern Railway train. On arrival at his destina- tion he delivered it to his next-door neighbor, an observant Jew in a small Georgia town. My most poignant memories relate specifically to observing my grand- father as he prepared the lulavim. He would inspect each lulav, checking the spine and the point very closely. Then he stripped off a few of the long lulav leaves and intricately wove holder after holder for the myrtle and willow branches. With an exact- ness, of which only he was capable, he fashioned hol- ders for all the lulavim and then an extra one for me to play with. Then he meticulously put together the entire lulav set, and once again checked the etrogim to make sure the pitom was still intact. The sets were now ready to be sent and were quickly dispatched by the U.S. mail services to communities widely spread throughout the South. The etrog, according to the Midrash, symbolizes the heart. For the Jewish people today, the state of Israel re- presented by the etrog is our spiritual heart. The heart is that organ of the body that must pump the lifeblood to the rest of the system. In our own day Israel has the re- Despair is a willful busi- ness, common to corrupt blood, and to weak woeful minds; native to the sen- timentalist of the better or- der. —George Meredith sponsibility of providing spiritual sustenance for Jewish people the world over so that every section of Am Yisrael will continually be revitalized. 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