Esrogim for the discerning
How to Grow an Esrog (Etrog) Tree
If you leave the esrog long enough, the seeds will start to germinate while still inside the fruit. This particular esrog was a Greek esrog from the Skverer Rebbe.
How to Grow an Esrog (Etrog) Tree
If you leave the esrog long enough, the seeds will start to germinate while still inside the fruit. This particular esrog was a Greek esrog from the Skverer Rebbe.
How to Grow an Esrog (Etrog) Tree
If you leave the esrog long enough, the seeds will start to germinate while still inside the fruit. This particular esrog was a Greek esrog from the Skverer Rebbe.
We can’t sell you any schnapps but we can certainly tell you how to make it . . . using Zaide Reuven’s Esrogim of course . . .
You will need:
Remove zest / rind (yellow outer layer) and place this in a quart jar. Keep the white peel for candied esrog.
Add two cups of vodka and close lid tightly. Store in a cool dark place (eg refrigerator) for at least two days, more usually 7 – 30 days. Add the sugar. Shake until dissolved. Add remaining vodka and stir until clear. Close jar and store in a cool dark place for 6 weeks. Filter through cheesecloth to clarify.
Store in a Zaide Reuven’s Schnapps Decanter
Growing Your Own Aravos
Growing your own Aravos is really easy. You can have all the arava you want for your lulav bundle and hoshanos and you don’t have to worry about the arava getting damaged in shipment.
It Is Really Fast
Take some willow stems and cut them into 3-6” lengths. Place them, the correct way up, in a jar of fresh water, about two inches deep. Do not worry if the leaves fall off. Watch the stems for 1-2 weeks and you will see roots beginning to form. When the roots are 1-2” long plant each stem in its own pot – about 2 to 4” size with potting soil. Keep very moist. After 2-3 weeks transfer them to a larger pot, or, if before it gets frosty, you can plant them in a sunny location away from water pipes. It is a hiddur to plant them near a stream as the Torah calls them “arvei nahal” (willow of the brook).
Growing Your Own Aravos
Growing your own Aravos is really easy. You can have all the arava you want for your lulav bundle and hoshanos and you don’t have to worry about the arava getting damaged in shipment.
It Is Really Fast
Take some willow stems and cut them into 3-6” lengths. Place them, the correct way up, in a jar of fresh water, about two inches deep. Do not worry if the leaves fall off. Watch the stems for 1-2 weeks and you will see roots beginning to form. When the roots are 1-2” long plant each stem in its own pot – about 2 to 4” size with potting soil. Keep very moist. After 2-3 weeks transfer them to a larger pot, or, if before it gets frosty, you can plant them in a sunny location away from water pipes. It is a hiddur to plant them near a stream as the Torah calls them “arvei nahal” (willow of the brook).