Living in Florida, as well as in other communities in the States, acquiring a Lulav & Etrog set is usually as simple as a call to the local Judaica store, or filling out a form from one of the shuls or schools. But nothing compares to the scene of a row of vendors in the middle of town all competing for your Daled Minim business, each one claiming to have the best merchandise and the most reasonable prices.
The "Shuk Daled Minim" in Teverya is certainly not on the same scale as walking the streets of Geulah & Meah Shearim in Yerushalayim, but there are certainly enough vendors, lulavim and etrogim to make one dizzy after a while. This etrog looks nice, this one is really green, this one has a little spot – but it's not on the top part, this one looks like it used to have a pitom, this one might actually be a lemon… Once the vendor started smoking we moved on to the next table…
Eventually, we did settle on one vendor and selected three sets of the Daled Minim. My oldest son even got a a tutorial on how to make the ties for the lulav.
The form might be easier – but something tells me that this is the way it's supposed to be.
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