Hervey Levy News Today

Though Israeli import laws favor domestically-grown citrons, every 7 years growers from the high Atlas Mountains corner the market during the biblical farming sabbatical of shmita

(JTA) — A bumper crop of etrogs is taking a more direct route to Israel this year, thanks to a historic confluence of geopolitics and religious observance.

The Jewish News of Northern California

Once home to the largest Jewish community in the Arab world, Morocco has a long history of producing the citrus fruit used by millions of Jews every Sukkot.

North African nation's growers of coveted citrus fruit see business booming as the shmita year coupled with Abraham Accords drive record demand from Israeli customers

The Abraham Accords and Jewish agricultural law have conspired to boost growers in Agadir.