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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 429

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Illustrative: A Jewish worshiper holds the four plant species as he attends the annual priestly blessing during the Sukkot holiday at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem on October 8, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 1, 2018, 2:49 am
Israel bans entry of Sukkot-related plants over disease fears
Agriculture Ministry insists prohibition is to prevent infection of crops and not to quash competition; task force to deploy at airport
By JTA
Marc Soloway
October 10, 2017, 11:55 am
Marc Soloway
The evocative rituals of Sukkot
I looked on as that unique etrog scent tantalized both wide-eyed children and a frail old woman who’d seen too much
Yoseif Bloch
October 6, 2017, 5:31 pm
Yoseif Bloch
Kol Yisrael aravot
No matter how great you think you are, the humble willow branch does a fine job representing all Jews before God
Somjit, a Buddhist Thai worker at kibbutz Tirat Tzvi, harvests lulavs ahead of Sukkot, September 27, 2017. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
October 4, 2017, 8:34 am
Largest lulav-harvesting kibbutz has fronds in high places
Tirat Zvi has perfected the art of the palm frond, part of the lucrative Four Species industry that flourishes for one week out of the year, during the festival of Sukkot
By Melanie Lidman and Video by Luke Tress
An ultra orthodox Jewish man examines a palm frond, known as lulav, in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish neighborhood of Meah Shearim in Jerusalem, October 1, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 3, 2017, 1:24 am
20,000 Gazan lulavs arrive in Israel
Israeli and Palestinian officials coordinate shipment of date palm fronds used for traditional Sukkot rituals
By Stuart Winer
Moments after Betty the Giraffe ate my lulav, I was in shock as she polished off the rest of the giraffe candy at the Giraffe Feeding Center in Nairobi, Kenya, on October 16, 2016. (Gail DeGeorge/Global Sisters Report)
October 18, 2016, 2:47 pm
A giraffe ate my lulav set
A selfie in Nairobi with the traditional Sukkot items has an unexpected outcome, though the spirit of the holiday survives
By Melanie Lidman
Shmuel Mugisha of the Abayudaya Jewish community in Uganda picks up the emergency lulav in Kampala, just a few hours before the holiday began. (Melanie Lidman/Times of Israel)
October 13, 2014, 9:10 am
The Great Ugandan Lulav Crisis, averted with a little help from my fronds
I had two hours in Tel Aviv to rustle up some species and rescue Sukkot for the Jews of Abayudaya. Could Facebook save the day?
By Melanie Lidman
Examining palm-branches and citrons, known as lulav and etrog, for imperfections, at the 'four-species' market in Jerusalem on September 16, 2013. (illustrative photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
From the WebSeptember 18, 2013, 6:09 pm
Tax authority raids Sukkot four species vendors
Globes: Ahead of holiday, government cracks down on street sellers of etrogs and lulavs, many of whom do not report their revenue
Illustrative: An ultra-Orthodox man examines a citron (etrog) in Jerusalem (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 13, 2013, 9:41 pm
US customs warns Sukkot travelers their etrogs face inspection
Rabbi urges Orthodox passengers to tell flight attendants before they begin praying, because ‘nu,’ ‘uh,’ and hand signals aren’t always understood
By JTA and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sets out his 'red line' for Iran on a cartoon bomb drawing during a speech to the United Nations General Assembly, September 27, 2012. (Photo credit: Avi Ohayun, GPO)
September 30, 2012, 12:53 pm
The hunt for red (lines in) October
Another look at exactly what went down at the UN yields a bout of boggles
By Joshua Davidovich
Matt Bycer hopes to turn his etrog farm in Scottsdale, Ariz.., into a lucrative competitor to its industry-leading counterparts in Israel. (Chavie Lieber/JTA)
September 30, 2012, 2:02 am
Meet America’s next top etrog farmer
A lawyer by day, Matt Bycer has high hopes for his Sukkot citrus, which he grows organically and warms with Christmas lights during the winter
By Chavie Lieber
Illustrative: Jewish worshipers hold palm fronds, citron fruits and myrtle and willow branches during Sukkot 2009 (photo credit: Matanya Tausig/Flash90)
September 10, 2012, 3:02 pm
No lulavs from Sinai for Sukkot
Import of palm fronds used for religious ritual ceases amid tensions between Israel and Egypt
By Aaron Kalman
Kibbutz Tirat Tzvi (photo credit: CC BY-Wikipedia)
July 8, 2012, 12:11 pm
Kibbutz is earth’s 9th hottest place
No. 1 scorcher site is the Lut Desert in Iran
By Gabe Fisher
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