Reply To: Parsheh of the Week Interpretation

The Midrash in Parshas Emor says on, ולקחתם לכם ביום הראשון you should take the first day of Sukkas פרי עץ הדר an esrog, ראשון לחשבון עוונות the first day of the accounting of our sins. Explains the Chasan Sofer that the first sin was when the earth changed his commandment from creating a fruit tasting as the tree to a fruit having its own taste. We take an esrog where טעם עצו ופריו שווה where the fruit tastes the same as the tree in order to get forgiveness for the first sin.