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Minim Growing in our Back Yard?

Did you know that a complete collection of all of the Daled Minim is growing in our back yard at the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens? This Friday, see for yourself. Full Story

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#1 and #5
October 10, 2012 9:55 am

The Kew (botanical) Gardens provided two consecutive war years the Chief Rabbi of England with a few (2) estrogim from the personal Camelia Green House of the Queen’s Mother (a”hashalom).
The tree here that all seedlings were under the help and supervision of a Talmid Chacham muvhak and baki in the 4 minim.
However, i don’t think the BBG will sell esrogim, so it’s ok for the socharim to continue to purchase from Calabria…no big competition from the BBG anyway.

@ #1 & #5
October 6, 2012 9:51 pm

B”H
There would be no problem with these minim, especially as they are carefully supervised by a CH expert on these things. That’s the thing with anonymous potsers who write as if they know what they are talking about.

Yehudah
October 5, 2012 3:35 pm

Yehuda, you were great on Friday! So many non-jews learned so much. A real Kiddush Hashem!! You are a real chossid.

B"H
October 5, 2012 3:34 pm

Surely it would be best to get an Italian grown esrog, an Egyptian lulav, hadassim from Tzfas, and arovos from Crown St. But if the daled minim were to be grown in the Botanical Gardents under supervised conditions, they would be absolutely KOSHER. Ask any Rov.

Food for thought
October 5, 2012 4:29 am

the Rebbe Had Mesiras Nefesh during the war, to go from france to Italy to get a esrog. Also If a esrog tree is grafted {the do that to make it stronger} it isnt kosher for the daled minim.

Nice
October 4, 2012 10:27 pm

What would be wrong with using them?????
An esrog is a esrog and a Lulav is a Lulav, seems to me they would be ok???

ARovos
October 4, 2012 8:03 pm

The Arovos have to be Arvei Nachal to be used in the Daled Minim (although any willow may be used for Hoshaynos) These do not seem to be of that type.

Nice!
October 4, 2012 7:06 pm

This is a big Kiddush Hashem!

Nice!
October 4, 2012 7:01 pm

This is a big Kiddush Hashem!

why not?
October 4, 2012 5:57 pm

Would you explain why such minim would not be permissible to be used?

its maybe the same "meen"
October 4, 2012 2:33 pm

But you are definitely NOT ‘yotzhe’ with none of them (not even one of these 4 meenim) ,Sorry buddy if I spoiled your ‘Koch’ in the Botonical.

Brooklyn Lulav?
October 4, 2012 1:30 pm

You could use it, but I doubt it would ever be possible to provide the community with a greenhouse….

to #1
October 4, 2012 1:21 pm

You wouldn’t use them because, the daled minim have to be your own. Taking the ones from the garden would be stealing and would become posul for the mitzvah. That is, unless the botanical gardens sells them. Who knows, maybe one day.

Friday
October 4, 2012 1:17 pm

Sounds like a perfect trip to take the kids for a short trip while mom prepares shabbos. See you on Friday!

Reb
October 4, 2012 11:35 am

Lepoel we would not use those

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