tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post4652828846840918089..comments2024-03-28T18:05:05.267+02:00Comments on Life in Israel: Pittem-Insurance for the risk-takersRafi G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-7125906689160625642013-09-18T11:46:35.353+03:002013-09-18T11:46:35.353+03:00The fact is that in chul, we got the 'best'...The fact is that in chul, we got the 'best' export quality stuff, and we paid dearly for that (ignorantly assuming that those were the prices).Joshnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-74241480962706035912013-09-17T18:08:16.560+03:002013-09-17T18:08:16.560+03:00I remember people going crazy about the Pitem too ...I remember people going crazy about the Pitem too until I read (IIRC, in Yalkut Yosef) that after the first day, an Etrog that lost its Pitem is still Kosher (see <a href="http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14425&st=&pgnum=232" rel="nofollow">KH"H O"H 649:67</a> for the Mahloket of Shitot there). So, at least for those who are lenient, is it so hard to keep it from falling from the time you open the box on the first day until you make the Beracha that you need insurance? yaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08179304707239865515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-15297440226657760212013-09-17T15:05:42.741+03:002013-09-17T15:05:42.741+03:00I know it wasnt really horsehair, but thats what w...I know it wasnt really horsehair, but thats what we used to call it...<br /><br />and, tesyaa, I still prefer the horsehair..Rafi G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-44973082381651948132013-09-17T15:04:17.604+03:002013-09-17T15:04:17.604+03:00Flax, not horse hair.Flax, not horse hair.Cosmic Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13880746347107372827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-45226941893515517142013-09-17T14:29:11.913+03:002013-09-17T14:29:11.913+03:00Who's the author of that famous Yiddish story ...Who's the author of that famous Yiddish story about the esrog with the pitem? I have to go look that up.<br /><br />As for the horsehair, I don't miss it. It obviously wasn't real horse hair, but whatever it was, it set off a lot of allergy attacks.tesyaanoreply@blogger.com