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==Eating the Etrog== | ==Eating the Etrog== | ||
#It’s forbidden to eat an Etrog all the days of [[Sukkot]] and if one does take a bite out of the Etrog it’s unfit <ref> Rama 649:5 </ref> | #It’s forbidden to eat an Etrog all the days of [[Sukkot]] and if one does take a bite out of the Etrog it’s unfit.<ref> Rama 649:5 </ref> | ||
#In [[Israel]], it's permissible to eat the Etrog on [[Shemini Aseret]], and in Chutz LeAretz (outside [[Israel]]) one may eat it on the ninth day of [[Sukkot]].<ref> Chazon Ovadyah ([[Sukkot]] pg 444) </ref> | #In [[Israel]], it's permissible to eat the Etrog on [[Shemini Aseret]], and in Chutz LeAretz (outside [[Israel]]) one may eat it on the ninth day of [[Sukkot]].<ref> Chazon Ovadyah ([[Sukkot]] pg 444) </ref> | ||
# Regarding biting off the Pitom as a segulah for an easy pregnancy, see [[Pregnancy and Labor]] | # Regarding biting off the Pitom as a segulah for an easy pregnancy, see [[Pregnancy and Labor]]. | ||
==Shemita Etrog== | |||
# It is permitted to buy and use a Shemita Etrog together with the other daled minim.<ref>Igrot Moshe OC 5:42 explains that a heter mechira etrog is not forbidden to be eaten and so it can be used for the mitzvah. Tzitz Eliezer 6:39 agrees. He also proves that this was the final opinion of the Chazon Ish (Shemita 10:6, 9:17) as well. However, Mishneh Halachot 12:247 writes that one should only use an otzar bet din etrog and not a heter mechira etrog.</ref> | |||
# After using an Etrog that grew in Shemita, some hold that they can be left to rot wherever they are.<ref>Igrot Moshe OC 5:42 writes that the conclusion of Pesachim 52b is that shemita fruit can have biur anywhere. Minchat Yitzchak 3:92 writes that a shemita etrog shouldn't be actively destroyed until it is certain that the time came for biur, instead it should be left to rot. Mishneh Halachot 12:247 writes that after yom tov he says that one should try to return it to Israel if possible, otherwise it should be eaten before the time of biur.</ref> | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
