Today is the eve of the sukkot holidays and I actually have time to write and research a bit.
And of course to let my mind do it's own crazy rounds like it always does.
So the Citron Fruit is one of the four species that we Jews have a tradition to shake around.
So what was actually very interesting to read was that the Citron is one of the three original citrus fruits that all the rest of citrus fruits are just a combination of these original three.
And once again it is all about the three.
Ok before I go on with my own random thoughts.
Yes the Citron has lots of vitamin C and tons of bioflavonoids, I bet you are not surprised to hear that it strengthens the immune system not too different from the lemon or the orange just one of the original three.
It's crazy about three.
In Jewish mysticism you have the first three highest spheres that everything comes from.
At least all of creation, there are some even above these three but that is just other worldly stuff.
The Greeks had their three big gods.
Christianity has the holy trilogy.
And although I couldn't find the big three in the Muslim faith I'm sure it's there. Anyway the Muslim faith is the third of the Abrahamic religions.
So I didn't get to finish this before the holiday started, but lucky for me it's a long one, eight days.
The number eight has its own significance, not gonna get into that here though.
The fundamental idea behind monotheism, which is also the foundation of the three Abrahamic religions, is the same as that of holistic philosophy.
This is also the fundamental idea behind holistic medicine.
As a believer I try my best to look at the world as one entity.
The high holidays as well as sukkot are a time when we have a chance to connect with this on an even higher level.
May we all have the good fortune in these trying times to bring this down to our day to day lives on even a higher level than before.
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