(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
A concession to the Orthodox Jewish community of Germany was granted by the German government yesterday.
The government ordered a considerable decrease in the custom duty on “Ethrog and Lulow”(citron and myrtle bough and willow) from Palestine for the forthcoming holidays.
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