For many generations the “Yanover” Esrog has been the gold standard for Chasidim. However, due to the Rebbe’s concern about the integrity of the Yanover Esrogim the Rebbe sent his own Esrog to be re-planted in Kfar Chabad.
This led Chassidim to a dilemma. Every Chosid would love to perform the Mitzvah on an Esrog that was grown from the Rebbe’s Esrog, yet it is hard to abandon the tradition of making the Brocho on a Calabrian-grown Esrog. Many would buy one of each, while others would suffice with just one of them.
For the first time ever, we can have both advantages without compromise!
Thanks to known Chabad Esrog dealer Betzalel Yakont of Kfar Chabad, a new orchard in Calabria was bought, and under the strict supervision of the CHK, leading Chabad Rabbonim, along with the Badatz Edah Hachareidis, seeds from the Rebbe’s Esrogim were re-planted in the rich “Yanaver” soil.
Remarkably, this is the first time that the Badatz Edah Hachareidis are giving their Hechsher on Yanover Esrogim. They have never done so previously since they were not able to authenticate the Kashrus of the Calabria grown Esrogim beyond doubt. In this case, however, their professional Agronomists and Mashgichim supervised the process from beginning to end, even demanding 24/7 video surveillance to ensure that no grafting or the like will take place.
The Orlah period expired 6 months ago, and after removing all the Orla fruits from the trees, the trees were nurtured to grow their first usable crops.
Exactly 94 Esrogim suitable for the Mitzvah were harvested this summer. With Hashem’s help, the orchard is expected to grow a few thousand for next year, and tens of thousands in the future.
For this year, many of Esrogim are being gifted to the Rabbonim who have so painstakingly supported and facilitated the project all along as well as Roshei Yeshiva and Mashpiim.
Of the few Esrogim that were shipped to America, there are exactly 25 currently available for purchase.
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How much will the upcharge be?
Where did the seeds come from?
As far as I know all the seeds from the Rebbe’s Esrog were planted in Israel. So these seeds are from Israeli esrogim?
Unless the seeds were specially preserved for 30+ years, I would assume that we are dealing with essentially seeds of. Kfar Chabad esrogim planted in Calabria. Is this correct?
The article says “seeds from the Rebbe’s esrogim were replanted “
How the preserve the Rebbes’s esrogim all these years!!
אתרוגי משמני הארץ from the Rebbe’s Esrog with the Hechsher of Dayan Raskin from London was planted years ago in Italy.
Available this year exclusively at Zarchi’s Esrogim Center.