Jewish Jewelry

The esrog's beauty lies in its cleanliness and symmetry of shape. Focusing primarily on the upper half of the fruit, a clean esrog will not be punctured nor have any black spots. A pretty esrog has a huge base which narrows at the top. The back of the leaves are green and the front are yellowish. The leaves come two folded. They cleave to one another and point upwards. The center leaf (spine) should not be split. However a lulav that is split less than half the length is still kosher.