At a market in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighborhood, only the strongest of the "four species" survives.
By JPOST.COM STAFF
Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighborhood inspect myrtle branches, date palm fronds, willow branches and etrog citrus fruits for the Succot holiday, which begins Wednesday at sundown. They carefully scrutinize specimens of the four species used in the holiday rituals, weeding out the blemished ones.
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