A kosher esrog during sabbatical year
Question
Which esrogim (citrons) is one allowed to use on Succoth on a sabbatical year?
Answer
Since an esrog is a fruit, it acquires the holiness of the sabbatical year; therefore, it’s forbidden to sell esrogim commercially. Thus, this year there are three options:
- Buy an esrog through Otzar Beis Din (which charges only for maintenance/delivery of esrogim, but doesn’t sell the esrogim themselves).
- You yourself can pluck an esrog in a field that was declared ownerless according to halacha.
- You can buy an esrog that was grown outside Eretz Isroel.
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