Keeping the etrog till it rots?

Diamond Member Joined: May 09 2008 Posts: 2630

DH told me it's either eat the etrog or keep it till it rots and then we can throw it out. Is that what everyone is doing? Neither of us wants to eat it so we have to store it in our home and I don't know where to put it....I don't want it to attract bugs and whatnot...

Platinum Member Joined: May 06 2007 Posts: 8512

Yes that's what we're to do also. However, I've done this in the past only for decoration purposes. If you leave it out (not in a bag) it will just dry out. It won't rot or attract bugs. I did this to both an etrog and rimon that I now have sitting with my candlesticks. They just dry out and get hard and are really pretty.
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Diamond Member Joined: May 09 2008 Posts: 2630

Oh ok, thanks for letting me know, I'll just leave it out not in a bag like you suggest...thanks!

Platinum Member Joined: May 06 2007 Posts: 8512

no problemo - good luck.

We put cloves in it, let it dry out and use for besamin (smells great). helps to poke the esrog with a skewer to make holes for inserting the whole cloves, then cover as much of the surface as can.

Posted: Thu, Oct 23 2008, 4:19 am Post subject:

we have a few dried out esrogim in a little potpourri dish that we pass around after the usual bissumim at havdala.

It's hysterical because dh gets the temani ones that are usually huge (although this year's was a runt) and they shrink down to "normal" size and the normal sized ones shrink to little pitzki things!

I throw it out after it dries out only because I feel bad Scratching Head

throwing out a perfectly good one.

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Platinum Member Joined: Mar 24 2008 Posts: 6528

I think the shmitta ones have to dry out/rot by rosh chodesh shevat or they have to be sent back to e"y.

I'm waiting to see who starts businesses to send them back to e"y for $$ (there will always be s/o looking for a quick buck!)

Active Poster Joined: Jun 03 2008 Posts: 95

We freeze it and then make esrog jam for Tu b'shvat.

we keep them in a certain place, and now we have a collection! 6
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if I didn't make esrog jam with it we burned them with the chametz rtogether with teh lulav

Diamond Member Joined: Jan 19 2006 Posts: 4427

Etrogim don't rot, they dry up, and retain their smell. they make great sachets to freshen up draws. My mother used to wait till it dried and them put in the draws with clothes, it always smelled nice.

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