I-etrog, noma i-citron (i- Citrus medica ), uhlobo lwakamuva lwezithelo ze-citrus olusungulwa yizilimo eziningi zama-citrus zanamuhla. I-Etrogim ikhule ngo-Israyeli ngokuyinhloko ukuze isebenzise ngesikhathi samaholide amaJuda aseSukkot. Ama-citrons nawo ahlonywe e-Italy (lapho ahlanganisa khona ngokwendabuko ukuhlobisa i-Easter itafula), iGrisi, iMorocco, i-Yemen, i-China neJapane. Kukhona ngisho nomlimi oyedwa wokuhweba we-kosher etrogim eCalifornia - uJohn Kirkpatrick waseLindcove Ranch-ozinikezele ingxenye yepulazi lakhe le-citrus esiqhingini.
Ama-citrons ane-rind obukhulu kakhulu ne-pulp encane. Izikhumba zabo ngokuvamile ziphuzi, nakuba izinhlobo ezithile ziluhlaza. Izikhumba zivame ukukhwabanisa futhi / noma ukuqhuma, kodwa ukubukeka kuyahlukahluka ngokuhlukahluka. I-etrog ifana ne-(enkulu kakhulu) lemon ngokubukeka, umbala, iphunga, nokuvutha. Ngokungafani nelamula, isithelo sinendima ekhethekile emkhosini wamaJuda.
I-Etrogim neHholide lamaJuda lama-Sukkot
I-etrog ingenye yezinhlobo ezine ezinezinhlobo ezine ezisetshenziselwa umkhosi wokugubha ngesikhathi seholidi lamaJuda laseSukkot. Lezinye izinhlobo ziyi- simpv (isundu se-palm palm), i- hadas (i-myrtle ibough ), ne- aravah (igatsha le-willow). I-etrog ibanjwe nazo zonke ezinye izinhlobo ze-Species ezine ngaphambi nangesikhathi samithandazo eHallel noHoshana.
Ngokusho kwe- halacha (umthetho wamaJuda), i-etrog esetshenziselwa i- mitzvah ye-Four Species kumele ibe nesimo esiphelele futhi akumele ibe nezinselele ebusweni bayo. I-etrog ine-stem eluhlaza ekugcineni. Futhi kungase kube nesandiso, esibizwa nge- pitom , ngakolunye uhlangothi.
I- pitom yile nsalela yengxenye yembali eyathola impova ngesikhathi sokukhulelwa. I-etrog eveza i-pitom yayo ngenkathi kukhula inqubo yokukhula. Kodwa i-etrog ene- pitom ephumula ngesikhathi seholidi ibhekwa njengengozi futhi ayisekho isidumbu sokwenza ama-mitzvah ama-Four Species.
Okunye ukusetshenziswa kwe-Etrog, nokuphikisana nokusetshenziswa okuphephile
I-etrog iyinhloko enkulu, ne-pulp encane kakhulu noma ijusi. Ezikhathini zasendulo naseNkathini Ephakathi, i-etrog yayisetshenziselwa ukulungisa ukwelashwa kwamanzi, izifo zamathumbu, nezinkinga zamaphalenda. Sekuyisikhathi eside izithelo zithathwa njengokuzala nokubeletha okulula; Abesifazane abakhulelwe noma abasebenzayo bangalimaza i-pitk ngemuva kweSukkot, noma badle ugqoke olwenziwe e-rind. Abanye baqoqa i-etrogim emva kweholide bese basebenzisa izintambo ukwenza i-jam, i-candy, izimpahla eziphekwe noma ama-liqueurs.
Eminyakeni yamuva, abanye baye baphikisana nokuhlakanipha kwe-etrogim yokudliwayo ngenxa yokukhathazeka mayelana nokusetshenziswa kwezidakamizwa ezisindayo ezitshalweni ezihloswe ngezinhloso zomkhuba. I-etrogim yakwa-Israyeli iye yaveza ukukhathazeka okukhethekile, njengoba izithelo zinzima ukukhula, abalimi be-etrog ngokuvamile banamafasitela ambalwa nje ngaphambi kweholide ukuze bazuze izithelo zomsebenzi wabo, futhi i-etrogim eyigugu kakhulu yiyo ebonakala iphelele.
Futhi eyaziwa njenge: Esrog
Ihlelwe nguMiri Rotkovitz