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Podcast: Jewish Ideas to Change the World
Episode: David Z. Moster - Etrog: How a Chinese Fruit Became a Jewish Symbol
Description: Rabbi Dr. David Z. Moster, Director of the Institute of Biblical Culture(http://www.BiblicalCulture.org) presents his Valley Beit Midrash (www.valleybeitmidrash.org) lecture "Etrog: How a Chinese Fruit Became a Jewish Symbol" before an audience at Temple Kol Ami (www.templekolami.org/) in Scottsdale, AZ.
ABOUT THIS LECTURE: Every year before the holiday of Sukkot, Jews all around the world purchase an etrog—a lemon-like fruit—to participate in the holiday ritual. In this book, David Z. Moster tracks the etrog from its evolutionary home in Yunnan, China, to the lands of India, Iran, and finally Israel, where it b...