Why does the lulav receive such prominence on Sukkot? Of the Four Species, the etrog represents the tzaddik—a Jew filled with both Torah and good deeds. You’d expect that to be the star of the mitzvah. And yet, the berachah we recite is al netilat lulav, not al netilat etrog. The lulav—along with
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